Patch the Planet: OpenAI and Trail of Bits’ Initiative to Secure Open Source

The explosion of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has created a new problem for open-source maintainers: they are now flooded with more reports than ever, but with the same limited time and resources.

OpenAI‘s Daybreak initiative, Patch the Planet, built with Trail of Bits, directly addresses this tension by pairing AI-driven security research with expert human review.

Security engineers validate every finding before it reaches maintainers, develop patches, and build reusable security workflows—turning discovery into real fixes without overwhelming the people who maintain critical infrastructure.