OpenAI unveils two Daybreak tiers: Daybreak Blue, which provides access to frontier models, and Daybreak Red, which offers purpose-trained cybersecurity models
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Cyber is getting its own model and pricing lane—Daybreak Blue for frontier access, Daybreak Red for purpose-trained defense with GPT-5.6-Cyber. CISOs now have to treat model vendor selection like an MDR decision, not a generic LLM choice.
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