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Google freezes open source bug bounty amid surge of AI submissions

Original: Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a 'significant rise' in AI submissions https://techcrunch.com/202

Google has paused payouts for its open source bug bounty program, citing a significant rise in AI-generated vulnerability reports. The company says the flood of automated, often low-quality submissions has overwhelmed reviewers, making it hard to identify genuinely useful findings. Security researchers are debating whether AI tools are drowning out human bug hunters and what this means for the future of crowdsourced security work.

Why now: It highlights a concrete, immediate consequence of AI-generated spam flooding a long-running security program.

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