# Perplexity finds cybersecurity models sometimes trail general-purpose ones

> Original title: Results also showed that cybersecurity-specific models sometimes underperformed their general-purpose counterparts.

- Source: Perplexity
- Published: 2026-11-11T18:21:38.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/qmx29m6oi3j1a8fvswn0rxjfs
- Original: https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/2120582740869619904

## Summary

Perplexity reports that cybersecurity-specific models sometimes underperformed their general-purpose counterparts in its evaluation. For example, GPT-5.6 Cyber, built on GPT-5.6 Sol, failed to exploit a DNS spoofing flaw that Sol found in Perplexity's network bypass task.

## Post

Results also showed that cybersecurity-specific models sometimes underperformed their general-purpose counterparts.

For example, GPT-5.6 Cyber, which is built on GPT-5.6 Sol, failed to exploit the DNS spoofing flaw that Sol found in our network bypass task.

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