OpenAI Launches Two-Tier AI Cyber Defense Service as AI-Driven Attacks Surge

OpenAI launches a two-tier AI cyber defense service called Daybreak, featuring a specialized GPT-5.6 Cyber model for security testing, even as critics question whether AI labs are profiting from the very cyber threats their technology helps create.

• OpenAI expands its cyber defense service, Daybreak, introducing two tiers — Blue and Red — as AI-led attacks grow increasingly sophisticated and autonomous.
• The Red tier includes a new model, GPT-5.6 Cyber, built for security testing and vulnerability research, currently available only to trusted partners like Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare.
• Critics note that while AI agents are driving a surge in cyber threats, the same labs behind the technology are capitalizing on the crisis by marketing their own protection services.