OpenAI Launches 'Patch the Planet' to Secure Open-Source Projects with AI

Executive Briefing

• Pairs security researchers with open-source maintainers to identify and fix vulnerabilities using GPT-5.5-Cyber and Codex models
• Discovers hundreds of legitimate bugs in first week across 19 projects, including cURL, Python, and Go
• Reduces maintainer burden by filtering false positives before findings reach project teams
• Partners with Trail of Bits, which committed its entire security research organization to the effort
• Launched as part of OpenAI's Daybreak program, a direct response to Anthropic's Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative