Red Teaming Challenge 2025
Red Teaming Challenge 2025
The OpenAI Red-Teaming Challenge (gpt-oss-20b) is a global hackathon hosted on Kaggle with a prize pool of $500,000. Participants are tasked with probing gpt-oss-20b — OpenAI’s newly released open-weights language model — to uncover previously undiscovered vulnerabilities, flaws, and harmful behaviors.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Open to global participants (individuals or teams).
  • Each team can submit up to 5 distinct issues.
    Submissions must include:
  • Findings JSON files (as Kaggle Datasets)
  • A clear write-up report (≤ 3,000 words)
  • Optional: Reproduction notebook & open-source tooling
  • Training or modifying model weights is not allowed; only probing in its released form.
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    Prizes
  • 10 Winners — $50,000 each
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
    Judging based on:
  • Severity of Harm
  • Breadth of Impact
  • Novelty of Discovery
  • Reproducibility
  • Methodological Insight
  • Report Clarity & (optional) Tooling Quality
  • Responsibilities/Rules
  • Submissions must be original and reproducible.
  • Only vulnerabilities in the released gpt-oss-20b model are in-scope.
  • Teams must respect ethical guidelines; real-world harm or misuse is not permitted.
  • Judges may resolve disputes based on timestamps of findings.
  • Each submission must include a clear write-up covering strategy, discovery process, threat analysis, and lessons learned.
  • Winning teams may be invited to present findings at a virtual workshop (October 7, 2025).
  • Important Dates
  • Start Date: August 5, 2025
  • Submission Deadline: August 26, 2025 (11:59 PM UTC)
  • Judging Period: Aug 27 – Sept 11, 2025
  • Winners Announcement: September 15, 2025
  • Virtual Workshop: October 7, 2025
  • How To Apply
    Follow the below steps to apply for the program:
    1. Visit Our Official Website.
    2. Read carefully all the information about the program details.
    3. Click on the "Register" to complete the registration with required details.
    4. After successful registration, Use the received credentials to log into your account.
    5. Once logged in, Click on the "Apply" button.
    6. You will be directed to the application form. Fill in all the required details accurately.
    7. Before submitting, review all the information you have provided.
    8. After that, Click on the "Submit” button to submit your application.
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    26 August
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    The OpenAI Red-Teaming Challenge (gpt-oss-20b) is a global hackathon hosted on Kaggle with a prize pool of $500,000. Participants are tasked with probing gpt-oss-20b — OpenAI’s newly released open-weights language model — to uncover previously undiscovered vulnerabilities, flaws, and harmful behaviors.