OpenAI launches cybersecurity push with GPT-5.5-Cyber, partner program, and 'Patch The Planet' open source initiative
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Jessica Lyons
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OpenAI announced multiple cybersecurity initiatives including an improved GPT-5.5-Cyber vulnerability-finding model, an expanded partner program for cybersecurity vendors, an update to its Codex Security scanner, and a 'Patch The Planet' initiative targeting 30 high-profile open source projects. These announcements come amid ongoing complications with Anthropic's Mythos situation and national security concerns affecting defenders' ability to use competing AI models for vulnerability detection.
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· 3 pulledOpenAI announced a flurry of cybersecurity-related AI news on Monday
Patch the Planet – or at least 30 high-profile open source projects
Anthropic's Mythos mess keeps getting more complicated, with national security concerns clouding defenders' abilities
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