OpenAI's AI Found 948 Ways to Break Into Linux — and Wrote the Fixes
OpenAI says an autonomous pipeline built on an upcoming cyber model found, exploited, and drafted patches for 948 distinct Linux kernel privilege-escalation bugs in a single mid-October run, at a cost of $1,213,430 in API credits. Full story in slides above — Sources: OpenAI, “A thousand fewer paths to root” (November 4, 2026); GBHackers; StartupFortune.