OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos
OpenAI has launched 'Patch the Planet,' a collaborative initiative with security firms to provide free consulting and vulnerability patching for open-source software. This effort aims to help developers defend against AI-powered cyberattacks.
Why it matters
As AI tools become more capable of finding software vulnerabilities, this initiative seeks to prevent a security crisis in the critical open-source ecosystem.
Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story As fears about AI hacking capabilities grow, OpenAI on Monday made a slew of cybersecurity-focused announcements , including an improved version of its limited-access security-specialized model GPT-5.5-Cyber, expanded international work with governments and other institutions to give them “trusted access” to the company s latest cybersecurity-focused models, and releasing its Codex Security scanner as an app plugin.
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