OpenAI Flags GPT-6 Cyber As ‘Critical’ Amid Rising AI Misuse Concerns

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Cyber, a model designed to identify and exploit software vulnerabilities, to a limited group of vetted customers, classifying it as a ‘Critical’ cybersecurity risk under its safety framework as concerns grow over the potential misuse of artificial intelligence by malicious actors. The model, released on Thursday, is intended to help authorised security researchers discover software flaws, assess how they could be exploited and develop fixes before cybercriminals can take advantage of them, OpenAI said. The company said its researchers used GPT-6 Cyber to identify 81 previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in Mozilla's Firefox browser, which Mozilla classified as high severity. Mozilla has begun rolling out fixes for the vulnerabilities.