OpenAI releases GPT-5.6-Cyber, a more cyber-permissive version of GPT-5.6 Sol, to some partners and expands its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative (Sam Sabin/Axios)
OpenAI released GPT-5.6-Cyber to selected partners, loosening cyber restrictions for defensive work under its Daybreak program.
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<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/10/openai-gpt-astra-restrictions-safety-hacking-defenders"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260810/i32.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260810/p32#a260810p32" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sam Sabin / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/10/openai-gpt-astra-restrictions-safety-hacking-defenders">OpenAI releases GPT-5.6-Cyber, a more cyber-permissive version of GPT-5.6 Sol, to some partners and expands its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative</a></b></span> — OpenAI is introducing a more cyber-permissive version of GPT-5.6 Sol to vetted defenders as it prepares companies for autonomous cyberattacks.</p>
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