OpenAI Raises Bug Bounty to $172K, Partners External Team for AI Red Teaming

OpenAI announced a security sprint with Cathedral Systems using its own models to red-team its defenses, and raised its bug bounty maximum to $172,000, with retroactive top-ups for reports paid in the past 30 days.

2026-11-03 ~ 2026-11-03 · 4 related posts

• OpenAI quadruples critical bug bounties to $172,000 and brings outside red team to attack its own defenses — OpenAI · 2026-11-03
• OpenAI retroactively applies raised bug bounty rates to reports from the past 30 days — OpenAI · 2026-11-03
• OpenAI partners with Cathedral Systems for external red-team security sprint — patience_cave · 2026-11-03
• OpenAI's Cathedral security sprint will use OpenAI models to test its own defenses — ryanmerket · 2026-11-03