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OpenAI says GPT-6 Cyber patched 948 Linux kernel flaws

OpenAI says an autonomous pipeline validated and patched 948 privilege-escalation flaws in the Linux kernel in one run, for about $1.2M of API.

By Wael Aouididi · · 1 min read

Illustration of a small penguin on a wall of server racks while tiny robotic arms stitch patches over its cracks.

OpenAI announced GPT-6 Cyber: 48.5% on ExploitGym, against 32.1% for GPT-5.6 Cyber. According to OpenAI, an autonomous pipeline validated and patched 948 privilege-escalation flaws in the Linux kernel in one run, for about $1.2M of API, roughly $1,000 per flaw according to Greg Brockman. OpenAI researcher Eric Wallace says human researchers find about 20 such flaws a year.

Limit: Figures from OpenAI and its researchers on X; no independent check, no count of patches accepted by Linux maintainers. Source: r/singularity ↗