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Google pauses open-source bug bounty as AI reports flood in
Original: Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions — product flaw submissions halted until 2027 as maintainers drown in hallucinations
Google has halted open-source bug bounty submissions until 2027 after a wave of low-quality, AI-generated reports overwhelmed engineers and open-source maintainers. The company says many submissions are invalid or hallucinated, and reviewing them has become unsustainable. The freeze reflects a wider problem: automated tools are flooding vulnerability programs with noise, drowning out legitimate security research.
Why now: Google's freeze on submissions highlights growing frustration over AI-generated spam overwhelming security research programs.
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- Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions — product flaw submissions halted until 2027 as maintainers drown in hallucinations · Tom's Hardware
Engineers and open-source maintainers reportedly overwhelmed by thousands of sloppy reports
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