after sam altman Trash-talking Anthropic for gatekeeping By releasing their cybersecurity tool Mythos only to select users, they confirmed that OpenAI will do the same with its competing tool, Cyber.
Altman said a post on x On Thursday that OpenAI will begin rolling out GPT-5.5 cyber “for critical cyber defenders” in the next few days. There is an application on OpenAI’s website people present information About their credentials and planned use to gain access.
The application implies that it can perform tasks such as cyber penetration testing, vulnerability identification (and exploitation), and malware reverse engineering. It is intended to be a toolkit to help a company find security holes and test defenses. The fear is that the kit may be misused by the wrong people.
When Anthropic similarly restricted access to the Mythos, Altman called this strategy fear-based marketing.. Some critics also thought the same and said Anthropic’s rhetoric was exaggerated. Ironically, an unauthorized group allegedly managed this To somehow gain access to the Mythos.
OpenAI says it is working to make Cybersecurity more widely available by consulting with the US government and identifying more users With valid cyber security credentials.
