OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model
News AI OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model GPT-5.6-Cyber for the Daybreak program is ‘less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks.’ By Mariella Moon Aug. 11, 2026 5:40 am EST Justin Sullivan/Getty Images OpenAI is giving some members of its Daybreak cybersecurity program access to a new model that's less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks. The company is also expanding access to Daybreak to more partners, including Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Sophos and Cloudflare.
- ▪News AI OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model GPT-5.6-Cyber for the Daybreak program is ‘less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks.’ By Mariella Moon Aug.
- ▪11, 2026 5:40 am EST Justin Sullivan/Getty Images OpenAI is giving some members of its Daybreak cybersecurity program access to a new model that's less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks.
- ▪The company is also expanding access to Daybreak to more partners, including Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Sophos and Cloudflare.
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News AI OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model GPT-5.6-Cyber for the Daybreak program is ‘less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks.’ By Mariella Moon Aug. 11, 2026 5:40 am EST Justin Sullivan/Getty Images OpenAI is giving some members of its Daybreak cybersecurity program access to a new model that's less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks. The company is also expanding access to Daybreak to more partners, including Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Sophos and Cloudflare. OpenAI says the companies will use the cyber models available through Daybreak to protect their customers. Under the expanded program, Daybreak is available to partners in two tiers.
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