IBM announced its entry into the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program to bring advanced frontier AI capabilities into security operations, aiming to help enterprises counter machine-speed threats by deploying AI defensively within enterprise workflows. As part of the effort, IBM launched a new application security service that uses the cyber capabilities of OpenAI’s models to help organizations identify and validate software vulnerabilities with greater speed and precision. The service builds on IBM’s recently announced Project Lightwell, which combines an enterprise security clearinghouse with a global force of engineers to patch, validate, and manage open-source code across the software supply chain. The service goes beyond traditional code scanning by using AI-driven analysis to assess application code and prioritize areas with the highest potential to contain flaws and exploitable paths. It is powered by IBM Consulting Advantage and operates within a client’s environment with read-only access to code repositories and bounded execution. Project Lightwell is supported by a $5 billion commitment from IBM and Red Hat and will use OpenAI’s cyber capabilities alongside other frontier AI models. IBM said the new application security service is available now, with additional integrations planned as part of the program.