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After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

ID: 65f0ae1c-f96d-5d5b-a9e8-35f050881cc4

STIX ID: report--65f0ae1c-f96d-5d5b-a9e8-35f050881cc4

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Date Published: 2026-04-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

Author: Julie Bort

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OpenAI announced a limited rollout of GPT-5.5 'Cyber' to vetted cyber defenders via an application process; the toolkit is described as supporting penetration testing, vulnerability discovery/exploitation, and malware reverse engineering, prompting concerns about potential misuse and drawing comparisons to Anthropic's similarly restricted Mythos which reportedly experienced unauthorized access.

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