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Google Pauses Open Source Bug Bounty Over AI Submissions
Google has frozen its open source bug bounty program after seeing a "significant rise" in submissions generated by AI, according to TechCrunch. A bug bounty program is a system where outside researchers get paid for finding and reporting security flaws in software. The flood of AI-made reports, sometimes called "AI slop," appears to be low-quality or inaccurate, making it harder for Google's team to sort real issues from noise. This pause highlights a growing problem across the tech industry: AI tools make it easy to generate large volumes of bug reports quickly, but reviewers still need real human time to check each one.
Words to know
- bug bounty program
- — A system where companies pay outside researchers for finding and reporting software security flaws.
- open source
- — Software whose code is publicly available for anyone to view, use or modify.
- AI slop
- — Low-quality, often inaccurate content generated quickly using AI tools.
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