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OpenAI's New Cyber Model Found Ways to Attack Nearly 1,000 Linux Flaws

OpenAI's new GPT-6 Cyber model powered an automated system that identified 1,724 security flaws in the Linux kernel and exploited 948 of them to gain administrator-level access during testing, at a cost of about $1.2 million in API credits, Axios reported. At least 10 of the exploitation techniques the model used were previously unknown, according to OpenAI, and human researchers reviewed the Linux findings before vulnerabilities and proposed fixes were reported to maintainers. The model also uncovered 81 previously unknown, high-severity flaws in Mozilla's Firefox browser.

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OpenAI says its new GPT-6 Cyber model helped an automated system identify 1,724 security flaws in the Linux kernel and exploit 948 of them to gain administrator-level access during testing, including at least 10 previously unknown techniques. Axios reports: During testing, the system identified 1,724 security flaws and found ways to use 948 of them to gain administrator-level access to Linux systems for about $1.2 million in API credits. At least 10 of the techniques the model used were previously unknown, according to OpenAI. Human researchers reviewed the Linux findings before reporting vulnerabilities and proposed fixes to maintainers. The model also uncovered 81 previously unknown, high-severity flaws in Mozilla's Firefox browser. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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