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OpenAI has introduced Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that uses AI models and Codex Security to help organizations find and fix software vulnerabilities earlier in the software development cycle.

The company said Daybreak is designed to bring security work closer to where software is built, rather than treating it as a separate process after deployment.

The system uses OpenAI models to help security teams analyze codebases, identify high-risk issues, generate and test patches, and verify remediation across code and systems. 

Daybreak supports tasks such as secure code review, vulnerability triage, malware analysis, detection engineering and patch validation. 

OpenAI said the system can help teams prioritize high-impact threats, reduce analysis time and return audit-ready evidence to existing security systems. 

“AI can now help defenders reason across codebases, identify subtle vulnerabilities, validate fixes, analyze unfamiliar systems, and move from discovery to remediation faster,” OpenAI said.

The initiative uses different levels of model access. The standard GPT-5.5 model is available for general developer and knowledge work, while GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber is designed for verified defensive work in authorized environments.

A more specialized GPT-5.5-Cyber model is in preview for controlled workflows such as authorized red teaming, penetration testing and validation. 

Access to Daybreak appears limited for now. OpenAI is asking organizations to request a vulnerability scan or contact its sales team to align the system with their security workflows. 

The launch comes as AI firms move deeper into cybersecurity products built for defensive use. CIO Dive reported that Daybreak includes partnerships with Cloudflare, Cisco and CrowdStrike, while OpenAI’s own Daybreak page lists security organizations including Cloudflare, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Oracle, Zscaler, Akamai and Fortinet. 

“We’re excited about the potential of OpenAI’s cyber capabilities to bring stronger reasoning and more agentic execution into security workflows,” Dane Knecht, Chief Technology Officer at Cloudflare, said in a statement published by OpenAI. “It’s a big step forward for teams to be able to leverage frontier models not only to accelerate velocity, but also to improve their security posture.”