Top open models trail the cyber frontier by just four to seven months

Claim

Britain's safety institute found top open-weight models now trail the cyber frontier by just four to seven months, a gap that has narrowed through 2026, even as OpenAI reported GPT-5.6 Sol setting a cybersecurity record that already helps teams patch real vulnerabilities.

Reported metric: 4-7 months

Reporting date: 2026-07-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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