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Nathan Lambert says defensive cyber may draw fewer clicks
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@ValsAI found DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats GPT 6 Sol on its multi-step offensive cybersecurity task. Sol was tested via the Daybreak trusted access program. @ValsAI says it has been building a cybersecurity benchmark based on simulated corporate networks, calling it a valuable indicator for the Probably great at defensive cyber too, but no one will post that and get clicks!
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ValsAI reported that DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 outperformed GPT 6 Sol on its multi-step offensive cybersecurity task; GPT 6 Sol was tested through the Daybreak trusted access program. ValsAI said it has been building a cybersecurity benchmark based on simulated corporate networks. Commenting on the result, Nathan Lambert suggested that DeepSeek might also perform well at defensive cybersecurity and joked that such findings would attract fewer clicks. His comment was conjecture about defensive performance, rather than a reported defensive test result.
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