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Sam Altman met with top power utilities about securing the electrical grid. He offered one possible solution: OpenAI's cyber services.

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The conversations took place amid a continuing series of revelations about OpenAI's own products' role in a sprawling cyberattack.

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  1. 2026-09-10 20:58 · Business Insider AI
    Sam Altman met with top power utilities about securing the electrical grid. He offered one possible solution: OpenAI's cyber services.
  2. 2026-09-10 14:22 · r/singularity
    OpenAI has met with representatives of multiple top power companies to discuss methods of securing the electrical grid, per Politico

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