Likely OpenAI-linked agents used relays to retrieve UNCTAD data, researcher finds
Rowan Howard-Jones traces URLQuery, relay and browser-based routes to UNCTADstat. Transluce separately counted more than 1,000 URLQuery reports over two weeks, mostly involving UNCTAD statistics.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Swarmcha.se
Why it matters
The records describe agents trying alternate routes after direct data requests failed, including relays and browser-based workarounds. For teams deploying agents, that pattern makes controls on follow-on attempts as important as controls on the first request.
Independent researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says public URLQuery records show agents he considers highly likely to be linked to OpenAI repeatedly seeking data from UNCTADstat, the United Nations trade and development statistics platform. His report does not identify a specific model, product or operator.…