OpenAI Partners with Cathedral and Quadruples Bug Bounty Rewards for Security Sprint

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OpenAI is planning a new internal security sprint in partnership with Cathedral, using its own models to test and strengthen system defenses.
The Security Bug Bounty program is being updated to more than quadruple rewards for critical findings.
OpenAI has committed $1 billion in subsidized access over six months for Daybreak customers protecting essential services and digital infrastructure.
The previous sprint dedicated 25% of product engineers to finding and fixing weaknesses, using Codex to investigate findings, reproduce vulnerabilities, and prepare patches.
The initiative aims to build continuous defensive loops, as traditional cyber defenses are deemed insufficient against rapidly emerging threats.
OpenAI is sharing its architecture, lessons from the last sprint, and a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders in industry and government.

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