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Cybersecurity Uplift Risk Assessment

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This risk assessment establishes the documented baseline for GPT-4o's cybersecurity capabilities and limitations as determined through OpenAI's internal evaluation framework. The Medium risk classification indicates the model's assessed capacity to provide assistance with malicious coding activities, which informs the operational scope of the model's deployment and monitoring protocols.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users operate under a service where the underlying model has been assessed to provide meaningful assistance with cyberweapon or malicious code development, though below the Critical risk threshold. This assessment status may inform acceptable use policies, monitoring mechanisms, or usage restrictions that apply to users of the service.

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We evaluated GPT-4o for its potential to meaningfully assist threat actors in creating cyberweapons or malicious code that could cause significant damage if deployed. We assessed GPT-4o to be Medium risk per our Preparedness Framework... The model has the potential to meaningfully uplift threat actors, but the level of uplift provided does not meet our threshold for Critical risk.

— Excerpt from OpenAI's GPT-4o System Card (PDF)

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
GPT-4o System Card (PDF)
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
March 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-000070
Document ID
CA-D-00008
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
7c23ef53467eea199596abe78511d57ffee1e94b50ef10ac0f7d81df278b5059
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:40 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: GPT-4o System Card (PDF)
Record ID: CA-P-000070
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:40:55 UTC
SHA-256: 7c23ef53467eea19…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/gpt-4o-system-card-pdf/cybersecurity-uplift-risk-assessment/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Cybersecurity Uplift Risk Assessment clause do?

This risk assessment establishes the documented baseline for GPT-4o's cybersecurity capabilities and limitations as determined through OpenAI's internal evaluation framework. The Medium risk classification indicates the model's assessed capacity to provide assistance with malicious coding activities, which informs the operational scope of the model's deployment and monitoring protocols.

How does this clause affect you?

Users operate under a service where the underlying model has been assessed to provide meaningful assistance with cyberweapon or malicious code development, though below the Critical risk threshold. This assessment status may inform acceptable use policies, monitoring mechanisms, or usage restrictions that apply to users of the service.

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