Aug 10 2026
OpenAI ships GPT-5.6-Cyber, its first model rated High cyber capability, gated behind the new Daybreak Red vetted-partner tier
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95.0% completion on advanced exploit-chain tasks vs 57.3% for GPT-5.5-Cyber; found two chainable Chrome V8 vulnerabilities. Daybreak splits into Blue (defenders, general models) and Red (16 vetted partners, offensive-capable models), four days after OpenAI slowed Astra over Critical-tier cyber risk.
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