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Google Halts Open Source Bug Bounties Amid AI Slop

Original: Eat your own medicine: Google Halts Open Source Bug Bounties Following Deluge of AI Slop Its reviewers are overwhelmed b

Google has suspended its bug bounty programme for open source projects, saying reviewers are overwhelmed by a flood of low-quality, AI-generated bug reports and fixes. The company says the volume of automated submissions has made the programme impossible to continue in its current form, drawing discussion about AI tools degrading security research pipelines.

Why now: People are debating how mass-produced AI security reports are breaking vulnerability review systems at major tech companies.

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• Eat your own medicine: Google Halts Open Source Bug Bounties Following Deluge of AI Slop Its reviewers are overwhelmed by AI-developed fixes, and it's just not possible to continue. https://www. extremetech.com/internet/googl… · realltpointless · 2

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