New YorkTrail of Bits took second in the Pentagon research agency’s AI cyber contest.

Google, Meta and Microsoft are clients of the firm, which audits and patches open-source code.

People familiar say OpenAI is in early talks to buy the 100-plus-person firm, which worked with its tools in June.

OpenAI and Anthropic limit bug-finding in public models while giving large companies stronger versions.

The price is undecided and talks remain at an early stage.

How each outlet framed it
Zhidx
places the Trail of Bits talks inside the OpenAI-Anthropic rivalry over AI bug-finding and the White House's coordinated model-access push

Sources: Zhidx