OpenAI puts offensive cybersecurity alongside coding as top AI application, XBOW goes mainstream
moyix · x · 2026-11-14
XBOW's founder recalls being laughed at in January 2024 for believing AI could autonomously exploit vulnerabilities like a skilled security researcher. Since then XBOW has worked with frontier labs to find bugs before attackers do.
At OpenAI's 'Cyber at the Frontier' event, OpenAI positioned offensive cybersecurity as the most consequential AI application alongside coding. A slide shows the GPT-6 Cyber ecosystem including Cisco, Oracle, SentinelOne, SoftBank, Thomson Reuters — and XBOW. The founder argues the security problem is now too big to delay, calling for all defenders on deck, with XBOW built for enterprise use where integrations, controls and safety matter most.
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