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  "id": 6647795,
  "title": "Sam Altman met with top power utilities about securing the electrical grid. He offered one possible solution: OpenAI's cyber services.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/sam-altman-met-with-top-power-utilities-about-securing-the-electrical",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-10T20:58:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-top-power-utilities-about-securing-the-electrical-grid-2026-9"
  },
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  "account": "OpenAI has held meetings with leading power companies to discuss securing the electrical grid, following a series of revelations about its own products' role in a cyberattack. CEO Sam Altman suggested that OpenAI's own cyber services could be a solution to the cybersecurity risks. The discussions took place amid a continuing series of revelations about OpenAI's role in a sprawling cyberattack. Altman met with electric utility executives during the Edison Electric Institute's annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just a few days after the Hugging Face AI platform reported an autonomous AI system had hacked its servers. OpenAI is attempting to ensure that advanced AI models cannot be misused to threaten grid security and is exploring partnerships with companies to enhance their cyber defenses using Daybreak, a $1 billion cybersecurity initiative.",
  "summary": "The conversations took place amid a continuing series of revelations about OpenAI's own products' role in a sprawling cyberattack.",
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