Altman: Models Now Find Hardware-Level Bugs Outside Hackers' Threat Model

ns123abc · x · 2026-10-23

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he doesn't 'even know a dramatic enough word' for current model capabilities: models can find bugs 'outside the normal threat model of what we think a hacker can do', including 'hardware-level, insane stuff'. He added, 'I no longer think we're gonna be able to just patch all the bugs' — a stark warning about AI-driven security risk.

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