OpenAI Redeployed 25% of Engineers for 'Code Red' Defense
Greg Brockman revealed that OpenAI declared a 'code red' and reallocated 25% of its production engineers to focus on defense, halting other projects. This measure was taken in response to recent cybersecurity developments.
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“We declared a code red. We took 25% of our production engineers and said, sorry, all your projects are on hold. You are now defending.”
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Heard on The a16z Show — “Greg Brockman on Why OpenAI Says We’re Entering the AGI Era”, published Monday, September 14, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.