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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 16, 2026Published at 2:12 AM EDT · New York
IBM Builds a Dedicated OpenAI Practice, Putting GPT-5.6 and Codex Inside Its Consulting Platform
The partnership staffs thousands of certified consultants and folds OpenAI's Daybreak cyber program into IBM's autonomous security work.
IBM and OpenAI announced a partnership on August 13 that embeds OpenAI frontier models, including GPT-5.6, along with Codex and ChatGPT Work, into IBM Consulting Advantage, the platform IBM uses to deliver consulting engagements. IBM is com…
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