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Google pauses open-source bug bounty amid flood of fake AI reports
Original: Google pauses its open-source bug bounty after a flood of fake AI reports
Google has suspended its open-source vulnerability reward programme after being inundated with bogus bug reports generated using artificial intelligence. The company says low-quality, AI-produced submissions overwhelmed reviewers, making the scheme impractical to run. The move has sparked debate among security researchers about how generative AI tools are being misused to spam and disrupt established cybersecurity programmes.
Why now: Google's suspension of a major bug bounty programme is unusual and raises wider concerns about AI-generated spam flooding security research.
Evidence
- Google pauses its open-source bug bounty after a flood of fake AI reports · Martin Cid Magazine
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