OpenAI to give Ukraine free access to Daybreak cyber defense AI and GPT-5.6 Sol
The offer, unveiled alongside the UN General Assembly, aims to help Kyiv protect hospitals and power plants from Russian cyberattacks.
What to know
- OpenAI will give Ukraine's government free access to its Daybreak cyber defense system and GPT-5.6 Sol model to protect hospitals, power plants and other civilian infrastructure.
- CERT-UA recorded nearly 6,000 cyberattacks against Ukraine in 2025, underscoring the scale of the threat the tools aim to address.
- Analysts note the same frontier AI capabilities that aid defenders can also be exploited by attackers, and Anthropic has separately reported Russian misuse of its Claude model in drone-attack software.
- Ukraine already has AI tools from other providers like Google, so the OpenAI offer adds to, rather than replaces, existing cyber defense support.
“Given this, it's no surprise that OpenAI is now also providing defensive cyber security services”
Jamie MacColl, Senior research fellow, RUSI · BBC ↗ · Sep 22
George Osborne Head of OpenAI for CountriesRafe Pilling Senior director of threat intelligence, SophosJamie MacColl Senior research fellow, RUSI
Sam Altman OpenAI CEO
Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO
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Cybersecurity analysts call the offer a useful force multiplier for Ukraine
Sophos's Rafe Pilling and RUSI's Jamie MacColl welcomed the move given the scale of Russian cyber operations against Ukraine, though MacColl noted Ukraine already has AI tools from OpenAI's competitors, including Google.
“Any initiative that strengthens Ukraine's already highly capable, but heavily burdened, cyber defence efforts is a welcome development and could provide a valuable force multiplier.”
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🇺🇲🇺🇦 The tech giant # OpenAI will share its AI cyber defence system Daybreak for free with the # Ukraine government to help it protect civilian infrastructure, like hospitals and power plants, from cyber-attacks. https:// openai.com/index/openai-extend s-cyber-access-to-ukraine-for-civilian-defense/
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🇺🇦🤝 OpenAI will provide Ukraine with its Daybreak AI-based cyber defense system for free. The technology will be used to protect doctors, energy, telecommunications and other civil infrastructure. Daybreak is able to detect vulnerabilities in digital systems and help specialists develop and tes...
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OpenAI offers Ukraine free access to Daybreak cyber defense system and GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI said it will extend access to its Daybreak program and its advanced GPT-5.6 Sol model to the Ukrainian government at no cost, to help protect civilian infrastructure such as hospitals and power plants from cyberattacks.
“Protecting civilian infrastructure means defending it against both physical and digital attacks, so people can continue to live, work and access essential services.”
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Announcement coincides with UN General Assembly debate over AI regulation — OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei are due to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York, where Secretary General António Guterres called for AI regulation and President Trump suggested renaming the technology 'super intelligence'.
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Anthropic reports Russian developers used Claude to build attack drone software — Anthropic said its Claude platform appeared to have been used by a group of Russian developers to build software for a swarm of 'kamikaze' drones aimed at Ukraine, with the group using VPNs to evade a geographic block.