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Exclusive: OpenAI briefs feds and Five Eyes on new cyber product

Axios · · 462 words · By Sam Sabin
AI Technology in Cybersecurity Government/Intelligence Sector Adoption
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“OpenAI has been briefing federal agencies, state governments and Five Eyes allies on the capabilities of its new cyber product over the past week, Axios has learned.”
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Multiple web search results, citing Axios, confirm that OpenAI briefed federal agencies, state governments, and Five Eyes allies on its new cybersecurity product over the past week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On November 17, 2023, OpenAI's board of directors ousted co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman. In an official post on the company's website, it was stated that "the board no longer has confidence…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the AI company OpenAI since 2019. Altman attended Stanford University for two y…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sarvam AI is an Indian artificial intelligence company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Founded in 2023, the company develops large language models (LLMs) and multimodal AI systems with a focus …
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“OpenAI held an event in D.C. on Tuesday for approximately 50 cyber defense practitioners across the federal government to demo the capabilities of its new GPT-5.4-Cyber model, which it rolled out under a tiered access program last week.”
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Multiple web search results, citing Axios, corroborate that OpenAI held an event in D.C. on Tuesday for about 50 cyber defense practitioners to demo the GPT-5.4-Cyber model, which was rolled out under a tiered access program the previous week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand [and] twenties") is the current decade that began on 1 January 2020 and will end on 31 December 2029. The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath m…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in the United States. Following his election victory in November 2024, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States and be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war has sparked protests, demonstrations, and vigils around the world. These protests focused on a variety of issues related to the conflict, including demands for a ceasefire, an end to the …
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“Government applicants are going through the same vetting process as commercial customers who wish to join its Trusted Access for Cyber program, a source familiar said.”
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The claim that government applicants undergo the same vetting process as commercial customers is reported in the web search results, but no second independent source corroborates this specific detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI safety is an interdisciplinary field focused on preventing accidents, misuse, or other harmful consequences arising from artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It encompasses AI alignment (which aim…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. Anthro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) and a nonprofit foundation, headquartered in San Francisco. OpenAI …
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“Attendees included a range of officials from across the government and national security agencies, most of whom oversee day-to-day cyber tasks.”
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One web search result explicitly states that attendees included officials from various government and national security agencies who oversee day-to-day cyber tasks. Another web search result mentions attendees included officials from across the government and national security agencies, most of whom oversee day-to-day cyber tasks, corroborating the scope of attendance.
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web search NEUTRAL — Attendees included a range of officials from across the government and national security agencies, most of whom oversee day-to-day cyber tasks. Split screen: OpenAI rolled out its new cyber model hot …
https://www.inkl.com/news/exclusive-openai-briefs-feds-and-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 900 people were registered from all across the United States and U.S. territories, and the attendees included federal, state and local government professionals, managers and cybersecurity an…
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/08/highlights-from-the-16…
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“OpenAI rolled out its new cyber model hot on the heels of Anthropic's Mythos Preview, and both companies are currently working with government agencies to determine who will have access.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that OpenAI's new cyber model followed Anthropic's Mythos Preview, and that both companies are coordinating with government agencies regarding access.
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web search NEUTRAL — The news comes in the wake of an announcement last week by competitor Anthropic that its new Claude Mythos Preview model is only being privately released for now—because, the company says, it ...
https://www.wired.com/story/in-the-wake-of-anthropics-mythos…
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web search NEUTRAL — Days after Anthropic unveiled its Claude Mythos AI model, OpenAI introduced GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused model that will be offered to many defenders. OpenAI announced that it's scaling its …
https://www.securityweek.com/openai-widens-access-to-cyberse…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's announcement of frontier ...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-unveils-gpt-54-cyb…
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“Anthropic withheld a public release of Mythos, citing its cyber risks, and offered it only to around 40 companies and organizations, including at least two in the federal government.”
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The claim regarding Anthropic withholding Mythos due to cyber risks and limiting access to about 40 companies, including at least two federal entities, is detailed in the web search results, but no second independent source corroborates these specific numbers and details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the signin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Within artificial intelligence (AI), explainable AI (XAI), generally overlapping with interpretable AI or explainable machine learning (XML), is a field of research that explores methods that provide …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sophia (Koine Greek: Σοφíα "Wisdom", Coptic: ⲧⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ "the Sophia") is a figure, along with Knowledge (γνῶσις gnosis, Coptic: ⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ tsōwn), among many of the early Christian knowledge theologies groupe…
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“OpenAI is pursuing a dual-track approach of making one version of its model more widely available with strong safeguards in place, while releasing another more cyber-permissive version to defenders through the Trusted Access program.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that OpenAI is pursuing a dual-track approach: making one model version widely available with safeguards, and releasing a more cyber-permissive version to defenders via the Trusted Access program.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. It was released in November 2022. It uses large language models—specifically generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs)—to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Open-source artificial intelligence, as defined by the Open Source Initiative, is an AI system that is freely available to use, study, modify, and share. This includes datasets used to train the model…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) and a nonprofit foundation, headquartered in San Francisco. OpenAI …
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“At Tuesday's event, OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said that approach would allow more companies, like local water utilities, to access advanced AI tools.”
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The specific quote attributed to Chris Lehane regarding the dual-track approach allowing access to local water utilities is found in the web search results, but no second independent source corroborates this specific statement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The author: Chris Lehane, a seasoned political operator, veteran of the Clinton administration, and OpenAI's new head of global policy.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI global policy chief Chris Lehane is asking industry leaders to tone down the rhetoric.
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web search NEUTRAL — Just months before, Lehane had been installed as vice president of global policy for OpenAI, where he was — and still is as chief global affairs officer — tasked with shaping the political strategy of…
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“Sasha Baker, OpenAI's head of national security policy, told attendees that OpenAI hopes to partner with government departments to prioritize the most crucial use cases and build channels to share threat intelligence across sectors.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support Sasha Baker making the specific statements about partnering with government departments to prioritize use cases and share threat intelligence.
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“The company is also working with state governments to get them access to GPT-5.4-Cyber.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support the claim that OpenAI is working with state governments specifically to grant them access to GPT-5.4-Cyber.
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“OpenAI is starting briefings with Five Eyes members this week to get them vetted and signed up to access the model, Axios has learned.”
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“In addition to the U.S., that intelligence-sharing partnership includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K.”
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“Anthropic's own rollout within the U.S. government is complicated by the Pentagon's decision to label the company as a "supply chain risk" after a messy AI safeguards fight.”
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“Still, Mythos is currently being tested by the NSA despite the designation, as Axios reported.”
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“Most companies that already have access to OpenAI's model and Anthropic's Mythos Preview are using the tools to find exploitable security flaws in their own internal systems.”
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“Many government agencies are bogged down by legacy systems that are difficult to keep secure and patch.”
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