OpenAI supports Ukraine in the fight against cyberattacks

San Francisco/New York. Artificial intelligence from ChatGPT developer OpenAI is intended to help the Ukrainian government ward off cyberattacks from Russia. The Ministry of Digital Transformation has been accepted into OpenAI's “Daybreak” program, which uses AI software to find and close security gaps.

The US company said it was about protecting civil infrastructure. Utility companies and hospitals in Ukraine, among others, have been exposed to cyber attacks attributed to Russian hackers for years. Last year alone, the Ukrainian cybersecurity authority registered a total of almost 6,000 incidents, the statement said.

New AI from OpenAI and its rival Anthropic is very good at detecting vulnerabilities in software that have been lying dormant for decades and can be abused for attacks. Since this knowledge could also be used for devastating cyber attacks, companies are limiting access to these capabilities in coordination with the US government. In OpenAI's “Daybreak” program, IT security experts from Germany, France and Poland, among others, have had access to the technology.