# OpenAI is building a cyber defense tool. It won't say who qualifies to use it.

- slug: openai-is-building-a-cyber-defense-tool-it-wont-say-who-qualifies-to-use-it
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI built its most permissive cyber AI ever and is quietly deciding which security researchers get to use it — without publishing the criteria.

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