OpenAI's cyber model found and patched 948 Linux kernel privilege-escalation bugs for $1.2M

teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-05

OpenAI announced its security researchers built an autonomous pipeline for cyber vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and patching, powered by an upcoming cyber model.
In a single run it validated and patched 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, at a total API cost of about $1.2 million.
Commenters did the math on pricing: $1.2M of API billing ≈ $60K of coding-plan quota, with internal compute cost possibly only $20K — highlighting the margin baked into API pricing.

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