OpenAI launches Patch the Planet initiative to hunt vulnerabilities

OpenAI announced Patch the Planet, a framework for coordinated discovery and fixing of vulnerabilities in legacy software with AI assistance. The company will devote $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak security auditing platform for organizations with limited security resources.

• OpenAI will spend $1 billion subsidizing access to its Daybreak platform
• The initiative invites third-party cyber professionals to review and challenge its approach
• A Codex skill on GitHub checks websites for PHP2Shell compromise
• GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Sol improved code translation between languages