OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity research program
OpenAI Group PBC is expanding a program that enables cybersecurity professionals to use its models for vulnerability research.
Daybreak, as the the program is called, launched in May. OpenAI today added two new access tiers called Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red. It also announced plans to enhance the guardrails that block unauthorized users from joining the program.
OpenAI’s commercially available large language models include filters that block most cybersecurity prompts. Daybreak removes many of those filters. As a result, program participants can use OpenAI’s LLMs to automate time-consuming vulnerability research tasks. The list of available models includes the company’s flagship GPT-5.6 Sol algorithm.
Daybreak Blue, the first Daybreak access tier that launched today, is intended to be the “starting point for most defenders.” Software teams can use it to scan their code for vulnerabilities and determine whether patches work as expected. Additionally, Daybreak Blue lends itself to analyzing external code such as malware files.
