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OpenAI partners with Cathedral for security testing, quadruples bug bounty rewards

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OpenAI announced a partnership with Cathedral to test its security defenses and revamped its Security Bug Bounty program, quadrupling rewards for critical findings. The move is part of OpenAI's planned internal security sprint, bringing new researchers and security partners together with its own teams.

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    OpenAI partners with Cathedral to test its security defenses and revamps its Security Bug Bounty program, including quadrupling rewards for critical findings (OpenAI)

    OpenAI : OpenAI partners with Cathedral to test its security defenses and revamps its Security Bug Bounty program, including quadrupling rewards for critical findings — We're planning our next internal security sprint at OpenAI, bringing new researchers and security partners together with our own teams …

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