OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber with GPT-5.6 for Exploit Validation, Pentesting, and Red Teaming

OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak program to give vetted security defenders deeper access to frontier AI models, introducing two access tiers—Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red—alongside a new specialized model, GPT-5.6-Cyber, purpose-built for exploit validation, vulnerability research, and red teaming. The move is a direct response to a widening gap between attacker and defender capabilities, as OpenAI warns that threat actors will increasingly use AI to launch cyberattacks at unprecedented speed and scale, including fully autonomous operations. Daybreak Blue is designed as the recommended entry point for most defenders, offering access to GPT-5.6 Sol with safeguards tailored for authorized defensive work such as vulnerability...

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