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OpenAI increased its security bug bounties to encourage independent researchers to find vulnerabilities in its software. The program now offers bonuses for high-quality reports. The program encourages researchers to disclose vulnerabilities responsibly and complements OpenAI’s Defense Factory, where engineers use the company’s models to find and reproduce vulnerabilities and test fixes. New bounty payouts and bonuses The midpoints of the reward ranges for medium, high, and critical findings more than quadrupled on average. Critical vulnerabilities …