GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty
OpenAI Blog · 2026-07-09
OpenAI doubles biosafety bug bounty rewards to $50,000 and formalizes its GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty into an ongoing private program targeting universal jailbreaks on frontier models, starting with GPT-5.6.
Extraction
Topics: ai-safetybiosafetybug-bountyred-teamingfrontier-models
Claims
- OpenAI is converting its one-time GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty into an ongoing private program called the OpenAI Bio Bounty Program.
- Rewards for a successful universal jailbreak have been doubled from $25,000 to $50,000 for both GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.6.
- The program focuses exclusively on universal jailbreaks that defeat predefined biosafety challenges against frontier models.
- Testing for GPT-5.5 ends July 27, 2026, after which only GPT-5.6 will remain in scope.
- Applicants must sign an NDA and will be onboarded to a dedicated bio bounty platform.
Key quotes
we're evolving our GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty to become an ongoing private program—the OpenAI Bio Bounty Program
The reward for a universal jailbreak for the OpenAI Bio Bounty Program has been raised from $25,000 to $50,000 for both GPT‑5.6 and GPT‑5.5.
Apply now and help us make frontier AI safer.