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Anthropic opens its most powerful AI models to more security teams

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Its partners under Glasswing, an initiative aimed at securing the world's most critical software, found at least 129,000 verified vulnerabilities between April and July. Anthropic's own open-source scanning found 5,500 more between April and October.

Anthropic is expanding a program that allows vetted cybersecurity professionals to test its most powerful AI models with fewer safeguards, after its Project Glasswing initiative helped uncover more than 100,000 software vulnerabilities this year.

More than 33,000 have so far been rated critical or high severity.

Anthropic said the figures are likely an undercount and expects the true impact to be at least five times higher, as the data comes from a survey of a limited number of partners.

The revamped Cyber Verification Program, or CVP, announced on Tuesday combines two programs Anthropic has run for the past six months.

The first, Glasswing, gave organizations securing critical software access to Claude Mythos, Anthropic's most cyber-capable family of models. The second, the original CVP, gave vetted security teams reduced safeguards on Claude Opus and Sonnet models.

The company's April unveiling of Claude Mythos Preview raised fears that AI could hack software before it had been secured.

The new program has three tiers, each with its own verification requirements and security controls. All three include access to Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Mythos 5.1 and future models.

The Defense tier covers work such as incident response and malware analysis. Security teams, critical infrastructure operators, open-source maintainers and researchers with a record of reported vulnerabilities can apply.

The Red Team tier adds authorized penetration testing and red-teaming, but only organizations can apply.

The Specialized tier has the fewest restrictions and is reserved for a small group of organizations authorized to test safety-critical systems such as power grids, flight systems and interbank transfer infrastructure.

Anthropic vets each member together with the US government, and existing Glasswing members will move into this tier.

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OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one

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OpenAI announced two updates to its API platform. The new Decisions API evaluates text, images, or both, running about ten times faster than the Responses API. It's in public beta now, with general availability coming soon. Only gpt-6-luna is supported so far, at $0.10 per million input tokens. Output tokens are free.

The API handles three response types: yes/no probabilities, picks from predefined categories, and scale-based ratings. Use cases include damage detection in photos, automatic customer inquiry routing, and document classification, OpenIA says. It supports zero-data retention and HIPAA-compliant use in the US and Europe. The Decisions API is likely OpenAI's response to the mini-trend of "decision models" that Jev kicked off in mid-September.

OpenAI also cut its paid API tiers from five down to three: Build, Launch, and Grow. Organizations move up automatically when their total credit purchases hit the next threshold. Monthly usage limits sit at $500, $5,000, and $200,000. Ad Ad

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Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI

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College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for teens, alongside a new teen AI council and more tools for learning.

Since we introduced ChatGPT for Teens —the default experience automatically applied to accounts identified as under 18—we’ve seen young people use it to learn, explore ideas and solve everyday problems. Today, we’re sharing early progress on ChatGPT for Teens, including how teens are using its learning tools, along with new ways for teens to study and prepare for college.

ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users span many countries, communities and backgrounds. That reach makes it especially important to build tools that help young people with different resources and opportunities learn and prepare for their futures.

What we’re seeing so far

ChatGPT for Teens is designed to help young people learn, think critically and deepen their understanding. As ChatGPT for Teens became available to more teens globally, those with access sent about 2.7 million more learning-related messages on average, than those who didn’t have it yet.

Once enrolled, teens use ChatGPT for Teens’ learning tools at scale. The most selected conversation starter prompts are “ask questions to develop my ideas,” “give feedback on my draft,” and “help me check my evidence.” In one week, nearly 1.2 million teens used Learning Visualizations to better understand math and science concepts, and more than 180,000 used Study Mode for step-by-step learning support.

These early signs are encouraging and we’ll continue to evaluate the experience and learn from teens, families and educators to improve ChatGPT for Teens.

Introducing College Planner to help teens prepare for what’s next

Hundreds of thousands of US teens use ChatGPT each week to plan for college. They’re using it to plan applications, track deadlines, research schools and understand financial aid.

That’s why we’ll soon be adding College Planner to ChatGPT for Teens. We’re designing it to help students manage the practical steps of applying to college, without taking over the personal work of figuring out where they want to apply. Students have different levels of access to support with college applications. Our goal is to make help more accessible, regardless of financial circumstances, alongside guidance from counselors, advisers, and families.

College Planner brings together application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps for schools on a student’s list in one plan. Students applying to several colleges can return to it to update their progress, use the timeline to plan ahead and see what’s left to do. They can also ask ChatGPT questions along the way, from what a requirement means to how to get started. By bringing these steps together, we aim to save students and families time and make a stressful process feel more manageable.

We’re designing the initial US experience for high-school students in grades 10–12 who are planning to attend a four-year college. We plan to bring College Planner to students in more countries and expand support to two-year colleges, technical colleges, trade schools and more overtime.

College Planner also helps students figure out how to pay for college. They can get help understanding financial aid requirements, track each school’s aid deadlines, and explore scholarships and fee waivers.

“ For students navigating the college application process, an unanswered question about a form, deadline, or fee can feel like a closed door. College Advising Corps advisers help students work through those moments with confidence. We see promise in College Planner as a tool that can help students prepare for those conversations, stay on track, and continue moving toward a college that is affordable and aligned with their goals. ”

Supporting Boston Children’s Hospital to engage teens

For the 2026–27 school year, the Lab will bring together ~22 students across two tracks: ~12 students ages 14–18 working on digital wellbeing projects in their communities and ~10 students ages 16–20, focused on building AI chatbots and emerging technology. These students will work alongside researchers and clinicians on digital wellbeing and AI projects. Students in the AI track will test tools and recommend changes based on how they use AI in learning and their personal lives. We expect to seek feedback on teen safety defaults, parental controls and notifications and AI literacy.

Teens should play a central role in developing the tools that will shape their future. Teens will test tools and develop recommendations for the people building them. Our aim is to bring those recommendations into product and model decisions early and to report back to students on what we change and why. This advisory board will give them a direct voice in that work and share their insights and recommendations to help the wider industry build better tools for young people.

“ Young people bring critical insights and knowledge that adults don’t have. They see what works, what fails, and what needs to change. ”

More ways for teens to study with flashcards and quizzes

We heard from students that photographing and uploading their notes to ChatGPT can take hours. We’re making it easier for students to turn their notes into study materials like flashcards and quizzes.

With continuous, multi-photo capture, students can photograph multiple pages of notes and automatically combine them into a single PDF, ready to upload to ChatGPT. This is available on iOS, and we’re working to bring it to Android.

We’re also adding flashcards to help teens practice what they’re learning. A student preparing for a biology test, for example, can upload class notes or choose a topic, and ChatGPT can turn the material into cards to review. They can mark the cards they know, return to the ones they missed or shuffle the deck for another round. Decks are saved in a teen’s Library, so it’s easy to pick up where they left off. Students can also ask ChatGPT to pull up the flashcards and create a scheduled task to practice them.

Alongside flashcards, we’ve made it easier to create Quizzes in ChatGPT. Students can now upload their notes to turn them into interactive quizzes, and ChatGPT is better at recognizing when you want a quiz and creating one directly in chat.

We’ll keep learning from teens, families and educators, checking how protections work in practice and sharing what we learn as ChatGPT for Teens evolves.

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