OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Cyber After AI Helps Find 81 Firefox Flaws, 948 Linux Exploits

Summary

OpenAI unveiled GPT-6 Cyber, which it classes as Critical in cybersecurity under its Preparedness Framework. The company says the model found 948 local privilege escalation exploits in Linux, 81 previously unknown high-severity flaws in Mozilla Firefox, and a critical Brotli vulnerability (CVE-2026-111497, CVSS 9.2). It is initially available through the API and Codex to select Daybreak Red customers.

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