OpenAI Doubles Bio Bug Bounty to $50,000, Makes GPT-5.6 Program Ongoing
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Updated · OpenAI · Jul 9
OpenAI Doubles Bio Bug Bounty to $50,000, Makes GPT-5.6 Program Ongoing
1 articles · Updated · OpenAI · Jul 9
Summary
OpenAI turned its GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty into a standing private program, with researchers now testing frontier models for universal jailbreaks that bypass predefined biosafety challenges.
The top payout rose to $50,000 from $25,000 for universal jailbreaks on both GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.5, while OpenAI said smaller awards may be granted for partial wins.
July 27, 2026 is the cutoff for the original GPT-5.5 testing scope; after that, only GPT-5.6 remains in scope unless OpenAI announces further changes.
Accepted applicants enter through a rolling application process, must already have ChatGPT accounts, and will sign NDAs; past GPT-5.5 applicants do not need to reapply.
The expansion embeds the bounty into OpenAI's longer-term biology safety efforts as it prepares newer frontier models for ongoing external stress-testing.