AXIOS December 10, 2025
Ina Fried

OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns Wednesday that upcoming models are likely to pose a “high” risk, according to a report shared first with Axios.

Why it matters: The models’ growing capabilities could significantly expand the number of people able to carry out cyberattacks.

Driving the news: OpenAI said it has already seen a significant increase in capabilities in recent releases, particularly as models are able to operate longer autonomously, paving the way for brute force attacks.

  • The company notes that GPT-5 scored a 27% on a capture-the-flag exercise in August, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max was able to score 76% last month.
  • “We expect that upcoming AI models will continue on this trajectory,” the...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Cybersecurity, Technology
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