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Anthropic and OpenAI Open Vetted Cyber Programs for Offensive Researchers

Forensic Summary

Anthropic and OpenAI have introduced structured vetting programs — Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program and OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber — that grant approved offensive security researchers access to AI models with reduced cybersecurity guardrails. These programs create a two-tier access model where the boundary between legitimate researcher and malicious actor becomes a policy decision made by private companies, introducing new social-engineering and access-abuse vectors. Defenders must now account for the possibility that guardrail-reduced model access can be obtained through credential abuse, insider compromise, or vetting-process manipulation.


Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/anthropic-and-openai-open-vetted-cyber-programs-for-offensive-researchers/

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