SoftBank launches cybersecurity product based on OpenAI models
SoftBank launches cybersecurity product based on OpenAI models
Publish Date: 2026-06-16 07:01:00
Source Domain: www.thehindubusinessline.com
Mark Chen, chief research officer of Open AI Inc., during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. SoftBank and OpenAI will provide cybersecurity services for Japan to secure critical infrastructure, according to SoftBank Group Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son
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Akio Kon
Japan’s SoftBank Group
has launched a cybersecurity product designed to counter
breaches enabled by artificial intelligence, the company said on
Tuesday.
The “Patching as a Service” product will be rolled out in
Japan through a joint venture established last November between
SoftBank’s domestic telecoms arm, SoftBank Corp, and
OpenAI.
The launch deepens ties between the two firms, which have
been developing AI system integration services for Japanese
businesses, and comes amid growing fears for the security risks
posed by the latest AI capabilities.
Last week the U.S. government suspended access to OpenAI
rival Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to foreign
nationals over national security concerns.
“We want to create a system where we will be able to defend
critical Japanese infrastructure,” SoftBank founder and chief
executive Masayoshi Son said at a presentation to enterprise
clients in Tokyo.
“We want to leverage the new weapon of OpenAI to defend, we
see this as our obligation,” Son added.
SoftBank Group is one of OpenAI’s largest backers and its
cumulative committed investment by the end of 2026 stands at
$64.6 billion.
At present there are around 50 people working on the product
rollout and this is set to expand to around 1,000 people,
SoftBank Corp chief executive Junichi Miyakawa said at
the presentation on Tuesday.
Published on June 16, 2026
