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Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board18m ago Anthropic caught scientists using Claude to further biological weapon research40m ago Session Traces and Cost Controls Help Diagnose AI Agent Failures42m ago UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.4% in July boosted by AI45m ago AI workers turn an extinction warning into a copy-and-paste meme50m ago Seed Capital closes a €130M fifth fund and expands from Denmark into the Nordics55m ago Bridgewater’s Jensen Says AI Will Kill People Before It’s Curbed56m ago 'Nothing new to announce' on possible chip collaboration with Samsung: OpenAI1h ago Sam Altman pitches US utilities on OpenAI’s Daybreak programme for grid defence1h ago AI cybersecurity is a cat and mouse game1h ago Sergey Brin is back at Google, working on Gemini1h ago Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services2h ago Tencent-Backed Chipmaker Enflame Jumps 179% in Shanghai Debut2h ago State-By-State Laws Governing AI Mental Health Chats Spur Worrisome Jurisdictional Model Drift2h ago

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Sam Altman pitches US utilities on OpenAI’s Daybreak programme for grid defence

The Next WebPublished 1 hour ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been meeting with major US electric utilities to promote the Daybreak program, which uses OpenAI's models to defend the power grid against autonomous cyberattacks. The program extends OpenAI's existing $1 billion commitment in cyber defense to utilities serving over half the US population. Despite recent security incidents involving AI agents, OpenAI argues that their expertise is crucial for protecting critical infrastructure.

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Sam Altman met with top power utilities about securing the electrical grid. He offered one possible solution: OpenAI's cyber services.
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