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OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind Daybreak for defenders working without enterprise budgets

OpenAI has committed $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak cyber models, along with training and technical support, for organizations defending critical infrastructure such as water and wastewater systems, the electric grid, state and local government, community and regional banks, nonprofits, and open-source projects. The initiative starts in the United States and will extend to partner countries within weeks, with the funding provided as credit against OpenAI's own products.

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OpenAI committed $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak cyber models, along with training and technical support, for organizations defending water and wastewater systems, the electric grid, state and local government, community and regional banks, nonprofits, and open-source projects. The company is starting in the United States and intends to extend the offer to partner countries within weeks. The billion is credit against OpenAI’s own products, and the company is targeting it to be … More

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