OpenAI, Ukraine Partner on ‘Daybreak’ Program to Protect Power Grids and Water Systems
The deal gives Ukrainian defenders access to advanced AI tools and subsidized computing resources to speed vulnerability discovery and fixes.
- On Wednesday in New York, OpenAI announced a partnership with the Ukrainian government providing access to its Daybreak program and over $1 billion in subsidized tokens to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.
- Since 2015, Russia has sustained attacks against Ukraine's power, water, and hospital systems. CERT-UA recorded nearly 6,000 cyberattacks during 2025, demonstrating urgent need for advanced defensive capabilities.
- Ukrainian Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk stated tools will automate incident response and inventory systems at machine speed. "The object is not to replace the cyber defender," Kushneruk added, emphasizing human expertise remains central.
- Jamie MacColl of the Royal United Services Institute called the initiative a "valuable force multiplier" for Ukraine's heavily burdened cyber defense efforts. MacColl noted western firms partly gain valuable intelligence from active conflicts.
- Seeking similar agreements globally, OpenAI is responding to urgent concerns as around 100 US companies recently warned that "the window is closing" to protect against AI-enabled cyber threats.
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OpenAI Arms Ukraine With AI Cyber Tools as Russian Attacks Mount
OpenAI is providing Ukraine free access to its Daybreak AI cyber defense program and GPT-5.6 Sol model to protect hospitals, power grids and telecoms from Russian attacks. The announcement, made at the UN General Assembly, builds on a $1 billion commitment to frontline defenders and adds a wartime state to nations already using the tools. CERT-UA faced nearly 6,000 incidents in 2025.
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The American company OpenAI announced today on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, where the address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled during the day, that it will provide Ukraine with access to its most advanced cyber security tools based on artificial intelligence, in order to help detect and eliminate security vulnerabilities.
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OpenAI will provide Ukrainian authorities with access to the Advanced Cybersecurity Daybreak Programme to protect civil infrastructure. OpenAI announced that Kiev will have access to its Cybersecurity Program Daybreak, and will provide RIA News. The initiative aims at strengthening the protection of the country's civil infrastructure. OpenAI will provide the Government of Ukraine with access to its Daybreak programme to support the cyber-protect…
In the face of Russian cyber attacks targeting hospitals and energy, the US start-up integrates the Ukrainian government into its limited programme to secure civil infrastructure
OpenAI will provide the Ukrainian government with access to "Daybreak, its cybersecurity program based on artificial intelligence, for the identification and remedy of vulnerabilities in civil infrastructure. The announcement comes in the context of Russia's persistent cyber attacks on Ukraine, which recorded nearly 6,000 such incidents in 2025.
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