HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research

HackerOne is advancing a Good Faith AI Research Safe Harbor to extend legal protections to independent researchers probing AI systems, drawing on the DOJ’s 2022 guidance and its own prior safe harbor work; participating companies would pledge not to pursue legal action against authorized research and to support researchers facing third-party claims. The article contrasts this open-testing push with tighter, curated security research programs and disclosure terms at OpenAI and Anthropic, and situates the effort within broader policy debates about AI safety, governance, and international competitiveness.