IBM, OpenAI Launch GPT-5.6 Enterprise Push With 3-Part Focus on Workflows, Apps and Cybersecurity
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Updated · IBM Newsroom · Aug 13
IBM, OpenAI Launch GPT-5.6 Enterprise Push With 3-Part Focus on Workflows, Apps and Cybersecurity
3 articles · Updated · IBM Newsroom · Aug 13
Summary
IBM said the partnership will center on three areas: turning legacy operations into AI-ready workflows, modernizing applications and software development, and tightening cybersecurity and AI risk management.
GPT-5.6, Codex and ChatGPT Work will be embedded into IBM Consulting Advantage, where IBM says the tools can analyze procedures, spot inefficiencies and help automate finance, procurement, customer operations and HR.
Thousands of IBM consultants and engineers will be trained through a dedicated OpenAI Practice and the OpenAI Partner Network, with forward-deployed teams sent into complex and highly regulated client environments.
The deal also deepens cyber collaboration through OpenAI Daybreak and IBM Autonomous Security, as both companies target a key enterprise hurdle: scaling AI safely across fragmented systems and legacy processes.