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The gap between open and closed AI models in cyber capabilities keeps
The gap between open and closed AI models in cyber capabilities keeps shrinking
TL;DROpen-source AI models are catching up to expensive closed ones at hacking corporate networks.
Why it matters: Cheaper, unrestricted AI tools could democratize cyber attacks while making defense budgets and strategies obsolete.
In the Vals AI benchmark, OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol Daybreak hits 80.8 percent of attack objectives in simulated corporate networks. Worse, the open-weight model DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reaches 72.8 percent at a tenth of the cost. Because open models can no longer be restricted, analysts…
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