GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty

OpenAI announced July 9 it is evolving its GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty into an ongoing private program called the OpenAI Bio Bounty Program. The company said the program will remain focused on universal jailbreaks that can defeat its predefined biosafety challenge against frontier models, starting with GPT-5.6 and going forward. OpenAI said it is increasing the reward for a universal jailbreak from $25,000 to $50,000 for both GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.5. Smaller awards may be granted for partial wins at the company's discretion. The company said it will continue to honor the scope for the GPT-5.5 Bio Bounty Program as originally announced, with testing ending July 27, 2026. After that date, only GPT-5.6 will be in scope. OpenAI said interested applicants should apply through a rolling application process and that all past applicants to the GPT-5.5 Bio Bounty Program will not need to reapply. Accepted applicants must have existing ChatGPT accounts and will sign a nondisclosure agreement.