[OpenAI in Talks to Acquire Security Company Trail of Bits] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on October 14, citing sources from *The Information*, OpenAI is engaged in early-stage acquisition talks with Trail of Bits, a software security company headquartered in New York. The transaction value has not yet been disclosed. This move aims to expand OpenAI's cybersecurity business. Trail of Bits specializes in detecting and fixing vulnerabilities in open-source software and has provided security audits for crypto projects such as Uniswap, Aave, and Worldcoin. Earlier this year in June, the two parties jointly launched the open-source software security initiative 'Patch the Planet.'