OpenAI, MS-ISAC Launch AI Cyber Defense Pilot

The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) is partnering with OpenAI on a pilot that could give state and local government, as well as critical infrastructure facilities, access to Daybreak, pairing its AI cybersecurity models with training and hands-on support.

This comes as OpenAI pledges to commit $1 billion globally in subsidized

access for resource-constrained “frontline defenders,” the company

, starting in the U.S. and prioritizing services such as water and wastewater systems, electric grid operators, state and local governments, community and regional banks, nonprofit organizations and open-source maintainers. OpenAI said many of these organizations are facing faster cybersecurity threats while defending complex and often aging systems without the budgets, expertise or tools available in larger organizations.

The Daybreak initiative launched earlier this year to enable verified public- and private-sector cybersecurity professionals to use advanced AI for authorized cyber defense, according to

. There are 2,000 approved organizations and workspaces, including some in law enforcement and defense, that are currently using Daybreak models.