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OpenAI opens early access to Daybreak Red Team agents that pen-test web apps

OpenAI opened early access on November 12th to Daybreak Red Team, a gated service that deploys a coordinated team of agents to penetration-test web applications, validate scanner and bounty findings, and retest patches under operator-set scope controls. Interested teams must register interest and speak with OpenAI about access, and OpenAI frames the product as intended for authorized testing rather than open scanning.

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OpenAI opens early access to Daybreak Red Team agents that pen-test web apps
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OpenAI is taking registrations for agent teams that test web apps, validate scanner and bounty findings, and retest patches under operator-set scope controls.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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OpenAI opened early access on November 12th to Daybreak Red Team, a service that puts a coordinated team of agents to work penetration testing web applications, validating vulnerabilities, and checking whether a patch stops the exploit. The product is gated. Interested teams must register interest and talk to OpenAI about access, and the pitch is explicitly for authorized testing rather than open scanning.…

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