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AI slop floods Google's open-source bug bounty
Original: AI slop submissions force Google to freeze its open-source bug bounty
Google has paused its open-source bug bounty program after being overwhelmed by low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports. The flood of automated 'slop' submissions is drowning out genuine security findings and forcing reviewers to waste time on junk, prompting the freeze. The case highlights how generative AI tools are now being misused to mass-produce fake or trivial bug reports for bounty rewards.
Why now: It is a fresh example of AI-generated spam disrupting a major tech company's security program.
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