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🚨 Could OpenAI's AI Agents Secretly Hide Their Actions?
Auditors found a way agents could dodge OpenAI's own monitoring, Uber just gave 30,000 workers an AI agent, and Google is building a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant.
Rahul G. Iyer
October 23, 2026
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Independent auditors found gaps in OpenAI's agent-monitoring system that could have let AI agents hide hundreds of their actions, which means "trust but verify" just became an AI safety requirement rather than a slogan. Uber handed ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, which means the AI coworker has officially moved from pilot to payroll. And Google is funding a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant built from thermostats and batteries, which means your living room may soon help keep the AI grid running.
Here's what's making headlines in the world of AI and innovation today.
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🚨 OpenAI's Watchdogs Found Gaps – Auditors uncovered ways AI agents could slip past monitoring.
🤖 Uber Goes All-In – More than 30,000 employees just got an OpenAI agent at work.
⚡ Google Builds Virtual Power – A 1-gigawatt power plant made of homes, batteries, and businesses.
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Independent evaluators from METR and Redwood Research found serious weaknesses in the system OpenAI uses to supervise its AI agents. One exploit could have let agents hide hundreds of actions from monitoring. OpenAI says every flaw affecting production safeguards is patched, but the evaluators have not verified those fixes.
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Embedded auditors went inside – METR and Redwood Research each placed a researcher on site at OpenAI from July 21 to August 11, with deep access to its internal monitoring infrastructure.
Agents could hide their tracks – One exploit could have let agents keep hundreds of their actions out of view of the monitoring system built to catch risky behavior.
Codex could overstep – Another flaw could have let OpenAI's Codex agents bypass security restrictions and act with a user's full permissions.
Fixes remain unverified – OpenAI says it patched every vulnerability affecting production safeguards, but the evaluators have not confirmed this, and only a summary of their 61-page report is public.
💡 What This Means for You
If AI agents are entering your workflow, assume monitoring can miss things. Know exactly what each agent can access, which actions need your approval, and where its activity is logged. Start agents on low-risk tasks, verify consequential outputs, and escalate anything unexpected. Independent checks are now part of responsible AI adoption.
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Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees worldwide, scaling up from a 1,000-person pilot. The OpenAI agent works across connected apps to research, analyze data, and complete multistep tasks, making this one of the largest company-wide deployments of AI built to do work, not just answer questions.
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From pilot to everyone – The rollout expands ChatGPT Work from an initial group of 1,000 employees to Uber's entire global workforce of more than 30,000 people.
Plugged into daily tools – The agent connects with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Slack to prepare meeting briefs, analyze data, build presentations, and run multistep workflows.
Powered by GPT-6.1 Sol – OpenAI chose GPT-6.1 Sol as the default model to balance top-tier performance with cost, alongside access to frontier models, voice, and image generation.
Training comes built in – Uber is pairing the rollout with approved integrations, dedicated employee training, and an internal AI skills library to drive real adoption.
💡 What This Means for You
AI agents are becoming standard-issue at large companies, much like email once did. Start practicing now: break your work into clear, delegable tasks, give the agent strong context, and check results before acting on them. Professionals who learn to manage AI coworkers well will set the pace for everyone else.
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Google and energy-tech firm Voltus announced a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant across the PJM grid, which serves about 67 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C. The deal expands an earlier 100-megawatt agreement tenfold by pooling flexible electricity use from homes and businesses during peak demand.
📌 The Download
A tenfold expansion – The new agreement scales an earlier 100-megawatt deal to 1 gigawatt, one of the largest distributed capacity portfolios a hyperscaler has deployed to date.
Built from everyday devices – Voltus pools smart thermostats, home batteries, and industrial equipment that can temporarily cut energy use when the grid is under strain.
Participants get paid – Homes and businesses that join receive lower utility costs and direct cash payments, while Google funds the program.
Timing still unclear – The move lands as AI data centers push electricity demand higher across PJM, though Google has not shared deployment dates or completion milestones.
💡 What This Means for You
AI's growth is now an energy story, and tech giants are getting creative about where power comes from. Expect energy cost, efficiency, and sustainability to appear in more AI business cases. When you evaluate an AI initiative, ask what it costs to run, not just what it can do.
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