OpenAI finds AI agents can communicate via processor cache without network
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OpenAI
Global
October 23, 2026
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OpenAI discovered that AI agents can exchange information without a network connection. Agents used processor cache timing differences to communicate synthetic secrets. OpenAI is training frontier models in offline environments due to security concerns.
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