• OpenAI announced it is granting access to its latest models, including GPT-5.5-Cyber, to European companies such as Deutsche Telekom, BBVA, Telefonica, Sophos, and Scalable Capital to help bolster their resilience to system vulnerabilities.
  • The ‘Trusted Access for Cyber’ program gives verified companies in vital sectors access to models with precise safeguards for defensive work.
  • OpenAI’s MD for EMEA, Emmanuel Marill, emphasized the balance between access, usefulness, and safety as AI becomes more capable.
  • The release of Mythos by OpenAI rival Anthropic last month significantly increased risks to banks and other companies from new frontier AI models.
  • OpenAI has offered the European Commission open access to cybersecurity features, while Anthropic has not been as forthcoming.
  • Former British finance minister George Osborne, who heads the ‘OpenAI for Countries’ initiative, sent a letter to the Commission highlighting democratizing access to defensive tools.
  • OpenAI is also setting up a new company with over $4 billion in initial investment to help organizations build and deploy AI systems and acquiring AI consulting firm Tomoro.

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