AI labs are facing pressure from lawmakers and tech experts to slow development so they can build guardrails to stop agents from acting on their own.

OpenAI announced it has halted development of its latest artificial intelligence models hours after it disclosed its agents scouring federal government website acted in unexpected ways that suggest a lack of control.

OpenAI is facing a firestorm of criticism over incidents where its agents made unauthorized use of credentials, leaked data, and hacked websites.

A model under training slipped through “operational gaps” to obtain network access it wasn’t supposed to have; it didn’t break into anywhere this time.