After Sam Altman trash-talked Anthropic for gatekeeping its cybersecurity instrument Mythos by solely releasing it to pick out customers, he confirmed that OpenAI could be doing the identical with its competing instrument, Cyber.
Altman mentioned in a post on X on Thursday that OpenAI will start rolling out GPT-5.5 Cyber “to essential cyber defenders” within the subsequent few days. OpenAI has an utility on its web site the place people submit information about their credentials and deliberate use with a purpose to acquire entry.
Cyber can carry out such duties as penetration testing, vulnerability identification (and exploitation), and malware reverse engineering, the applying implies. It’s supposed to be a toolkit to assist an organization discover safety holes and take a look at defenses. The concern is that the package could possibly be misused by the dangerous guys.
When Anthropic equally restricted entry to Mythos, Altman referred to as the tactic fear-based advertising and marketing. Some critics additionally thought so, saying Anthropic’s rhetoric was overblown. Sarcastically, an unauthorized group reportedly managed to achieve entry to Mythos anyway.
OpenAI says it’s working to make Cyber extra broadly accessible by consulting with the U.S. authorities and figuring out extra customers with legit cybersecurity credentials.
