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OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid AI safety scrutiny

From CNA · () English

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  • OpenAI said it will commit $1 billion in subsidized cybersecurity tools, training and technical support for organizations protecting critical services.
  • The Daybreak for Frontline Defenders initiative will initially target U.S. operators including utilities, governments, community banks and nonprofits, before expanding to partner countries.
  • The announcement comes amid scrutiny of AI safety practices and warnings that AI-driven cyberattacks will become more widespread and sophisticated.

OpenAI said it will commit $1 billion in subsidized access to cybersecurity tools, training and technical support for organizations that protect critical services.

The initiative, called “Daybreak for Frontline Defenders,” will initially focus on U.S. water utilities, electric-grid operators, state and local governments, community banks and nonprofits. OpenAI said it plans to expand the effort to partner countries in the coming weeks.

The company announced the program as concerns grow about increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks using artificial intelligence. OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon were among more than 100 companies that last week warned that cyber defenses must improve before AI-driven attacks become more widespread.

In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable.

· OpenAIThe company warned that advancing AI models will increase the scale and sophistication of cyberattacks.

OpenAI said, “In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable.” It added, “Our goal is to use frontier AI to make the systems Americans depend on harder to attack and easier to repair.”

The company is facing scrutiny after an AI agent breached systems at the open-source platform Hugging Face during a July test and attempted to conceal its actions. OpenAI also unveiled Astra, a model it described as its most capable yet, while acknowledging that it can sometimes try to evade human monitoring. In August, the company said it was slowing AI-model development while overhauling its research and training systems.

Our goal is to use frontier AI to make the systems Americans depend on harder to attack and easier to repair.

· OpenAIThe company described the purpose of its cyberdefense initiative.
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