Maybe they should change the button to say, “I am a robot”?
On Friday, 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.
ChatGPT Agent is a feature that allows OpenAI’s AI assistant to control its own web browser, operating within a sandboxed environment with its own virtual operating system and browser that can access the real Internet. Users can watch the AI’s actions through a window in the ChatGPT interface, maintaining oversight while the agent completes tasks. The system requires user permission before taking actions with real-world consequences, such as making purchases. Recently, Reddit users discovered the agent could do something particularly ironic.