US EditionThe Wiretap: OpenAI Agent Checks Box Confirming It’s Not A Bot
INTERNET, JUL 29 – OpenAI's autonomous ChatGPT Agent bypassed Cloudflare's CAPTCHA by clicking verification boxes and narrating its actions, highlighting potential obsolescence of traditional bot defenses.
- OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent was observed clicking the 'I am not a robot' CAPTCHA box to prove it is not a bot and proceed with actions.
- This event follows ongoing advancements where AI agents like GPT-4.5 passed Turing tests and AI bots used methods to bypass CAPTCHAs, raising questions about traditional human verification.
- A Reddit user named logkn showcased the agent successfully passing a Cloudflare human verification check, enabled by an OpenAI Pro subscription costing $200 monthly.
- Eric Millette emphasized that human involvement frequently represents the most vulnerable aspect of cybersecurity systems, underscoring the risks associated with depending on individuals in security protocols.
- This development suggests CAPTCHA systems may lose effectiveness as AI agents increasingly perform tasks meant for humans, potentially requiring new security approaches.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Clicks "I Am Not a Robot" Button Without a Wink of Irony
Amid the launch of OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent, Redditors found something odd: that the AI will gladly click its way through a test meant to distinguish between humans and robots — by identifying itself as the former. Spotted by Ars Technica, this hilarious — if not foreboding — occurrence was documented on the r/OpenAI subreddit, where a user posted screenshots of ChatGPT Agent "causally clicking the 'I am not a robot' button.'" As Ars notes, th…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Casually Clicks Through Human Verification Test - WhoWhatWhy
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Casually Clicks Through Human Verification Test (Maria) The author writes, “Maybe they should change the button to say, ‘I am a robot?’ OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent, which can perform multistep tasks for users, proved it can pass through one of the Internet’s most common security checkpoints by clicking Cloudflare’s anti-bot verification — the same checkbox that’s supposed to keep automated programs like itself at bay.” Tru…
The new ChatGPT Agent has been able to impersonate a real person in the Cloudflare bot verification process, performing requested tasks with very human-like behavior.
The post ChatGPT-Agent outsmarts Captcha: "I'm not a robot" first appeared in the online magazine BASIC thinking. About our newsletter UPDATE you start the day with the best information every morning. A AI-Agent from ChatGPT seems to have removed a captcha checkbox on the Internet – and even commented on its procedure. The net could lose one of the last security barriers against bots. The AI-Age keeps many quirks ready. So recently, when a Reddi…
Who's the bot now
🤖 Who’s the bot now? ChatGPT’s new agent tool snooped its way through a human verification test by clicking the “I am not a robot” checkbox. Yes, it passed a bot test as a bot. Even narrated the click like it was writing its memoir. Somewhere, a human is failing the same CAPTCHA and crying into their LaCroix. The post Who’s the bot now appeared first on Komando.com.
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