Yubico has announced its collaboration with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
According to the company, people can purchase a new two-pack set of custom YubiKeys as part of OpenAI’s Advanced Account Security programme – enabling them to secure their ChatGPT accounts with security keys, containing the strongest hardware-backed passkeys.
Specifically designed for security-conscious users who are at increased risk of targeted digital attacks, the set includes a YubiKey C NFC for tap-to-authenticate on mobile and a low-profile YubiKey C Nano that stays in the user’s port for everyday laptop use – both packed with modern authentication features for the highest level of protection.
With OpenAI already using YubiKeys internally to protect its employees and infrastructure from sophisticated phishing, it is now bringing the same level of account security to its users.
The company said that this partnership elevates protection for OpenAI user accounts through proven phishing-resistant, hardware-backed authentication – helping reduce the risk of account takeovers and making secure login simple.
“The highest level of protection”
Jerrod Chong, Chief Executive Officer, Yubico commented: “We are introducing a new model for phishing-resistant security at scale for the AI ecosystem.
“This partnership with OpenAI delivers the highest level of protection against phishing with a low-friction user experience.
“Ultimately, our intent is to drastically reduce the threat of unauthorised access to sensitive data in OpenAI accounts worldwide.
“We are proud to partner with OpenAI to deliver YubiKeys – the leading security key that offers the strongest way to use passkeys – increasing protection of sensitive user data for the AI frontier,” Chong concluded.
“One of the best ways”
Dane Stuckey, chief information security officer, OpenAI explained: “Security keys are one of the best ways to protect accounts from phishing, and Yubico has played a leading role in making that protection practical and accessible.
“We’ve made YubiKeys a standard part of how we protect OpenAI employees, and with Advanced Account Security, we’re making it easier for ChatGPT users to choose that same kind of phishing-resistant protection when it’s right for them,” Stuckey added.
