OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos

# OpenAI's New Push to Fix Software Bugs OpenAI announced a new program called "Patch the Planet" that will use AI to find and fix bugs in free software that millions of people rely on—the kind of security problems that could otherwise be exploited by hackers. The company is also releasing an upgraded AI model designed to be better at spotting these vulnerabilities. This move puts OpenAI in direct competition with Anthropic, another AI company that has been focusing on similar safety and security work.
Amid concerns about AI models’ cybersecurity capabilities, OpenAI revealed an improved version of GPT-5.5-Cyber and its “Patch the Planet” initiative to fix open-source software bugs.
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