OpenAI agents allegedly scanned a UN data hub over 16,000 times in just three months

Researcher claims intense agentic activity at UN likely tied to OpenAI Failed API requests caused them to find alternative solutions They were even using sandboxed browsers to overcome hurdles A new report has revealed AI agents which were "highly likely" to have been operated by OpenAI made more than 16,000 scans against UNCTADstat, a statistics platform operated by the UN, and all of this in just two months between April 13 and June 19 2026. While the report from independent researcher Rowan Howard-Jones covers some of the in-demand topics, like employment data and other economic statistics, the real shocker is the extent at which the agents would go to when straightforward requests failed. "Agents bruteforced API fields in UNCTADstat to locate endpoints and retrieve data," the report summarizes.