Overview

Daybreak is OpenAI’s consortium for controlled access to cybersecurity-oriented frontier models — analogous to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing. CNBC reports its partner-list role may be superseded by White House Gold Eagle coordination.

Recent Developments

  • 2026-07-17: Future of Daybreak partner gating disputed amid Gold Eagle / WH access-control reporting (2026-07-18-gold-eagle-tnw-access-control)
  • Context: OpenAI trusted-partner gating for GPT-5.6 government preview