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OpenAI and Trail of Bits launch Patch the Planet open-source security program

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OpenAI launched Patch the Planet with Trail of Bits to help secure open-source projects, expanding a cybersecurity-focused partnership program for maintainers and defenders. The initiative brings in named projects including cURL, NATS Server, pyca/cryptography, Sigstore, aiohttp, the Go project, freenginx, Python, and python.org. The program is designed to speed up review, validation, patch development, and testing while preserving maintainer control over changes.

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  1. 23.06.2026 06:56 3 articles · 23d ago

    OpenAI and Trail of Bits launch Patch the Planet for open-source security

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    OpenAI and Trail of Bits launched Patch the Planet to help secure open-source projects by giving security engineers, researchers, maintainers, enterprises, and partners tools to review findings, validate issues, develop patches and tests, and build reusable vulnerability discovery workflows while preserving maintainer control and human oversight. Initial participants include cURL, NATS Server, pyca/cryptography, Sigstore, aiohttp, the Go project, freenginx, Python, and python.org.

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