GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty • Hacker News Board

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#11

Post by sva_ » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC

> We will extend invitations to a vetted list of trusted bio red-teamers

Had to chuckle. This sounds like a rather exclusive group?

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#12

Post by shevy-java » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC

"Accepted applicants and collaborators must have existing ChatGPT accounts to apply, and will sign a NDA."

Ah, good old NDA. Always buying silence. That's why I don't participate in any such "bounty" programs. Signing a NDA is like signing with the devil. You restrict what people are allowed to discuss. I had that happen before - when you sign a NDA you basically submit yourself into silence. Imagine journalists being stifled by NDAs.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#13

Post by its-summertime » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC

This is just free / severely-underpaid-on-average labor. Very disgusting.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#14

Post by mrcwinn » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC

its-summertime wrote: post #13

This is just free / severely-underpaid-on-average labor. Very disgusting.

Ah yes, “free” as in “paid.” Certainly you’re welcome to not participate.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#15

Post by zb3 » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC

What a farce, these questions are not even public and most likely will never be. You can't even participate if you're not "trusted" I guess.

So this is just a PR post, not that I even think the "biosafety" makes any sense but still.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#16

Post by dakiol » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC

$25K. Really? They make $65 million a day, so they pay you what they earn in about 33 seconds for a critical vulnerability. WTF

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#17

Post by mellosouls » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC

If anybody is wondering what bio-bugs are, I had a heck of a time getting CG to (finally) tell me it's where the user can get it to guide them in doing things like constructing things that are hazardous in the domain of biology.

Eg you can get answers about what ricin is but not how to weaponise it. Actionable stuff they shouldn't be able to legally/ethically action.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

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Post by its-summertime » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

mrcwinn wrote: post #14

its-summertime wrote: post #13

This is just free / severely-underpaid-on-average labor. Very disgusting.

Ah yes, “free” as in “paid.” Certainly you’re welcome to not participate.

Depending on industry, that payout can be less than a security audit. You only get a chance of getting paid. You don't even know if they gave the LLM the answers that you are supposed to recover.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

#19

Post by applfanboysbgon » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

mrcwinn wrote: post #14

its-summertime wrote: post #13

This is just free / severely-underpaid-on-average labor. Very disgusting.

Ah yes, “free” as in “paid.” Certainly you’re welcome to not participate.

Free as in "free" for >99% of participants, even successful ones, because they will have hundreds or thousands of participants but will only pay out to one of them no matter how many vulnerabilities are found.

Re: GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

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Post by abujazar » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

This looks like some kind of marketing. Also, the equivalent of spec work. The NDA/secrecy also means any time spent on this is completely meaningless to the participants unless they win the lottery, because results can't be published.