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Google Pauses Open-Source Bug Bounty Program
Original: Google Pauses Open-Source Bug Bounty Program Amid AI Slop
Google has paused its open-source bug bounty program, with reports attributing the decision to a flood of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports overwhelming the program's reviewers. The move highlights a growing burden on security teams as automated tools churn out submissions that must be triaged. Security commentators are debating whether the change signals wider trouble for crowd-sourced vulnerability disclosure.
Why now: Google's pause of a long-running security program over AI-generated spam is newsworthy to the security community
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