# Keeping your data safe when an AI agent clicks a link

DevFeed: [Keeping your data safe when an AI agent clicks a link](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/keeping-your-data-safe-when-an-ai-agent-clicks-a-link-6285.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/ai-agent-link-safety>)

Published: 2026-01-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [prompt injection](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prompt-injection.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [prompt-injection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt-injection.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI explains how URL-based data exfiltration can occur when AI agents retrieve web content, including through background link previews or embedded images. The article describes prompt injection and safeguards focused on determining whether an exact URL is safe to fetch, while accounting for redirects and user experience.

## Source excerpt

Learn how OpenAI protects user data when AI agents open links, preventing URL-based data exfiltration and prompt injection with built-in safeguards.