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Google pauses open source bug bounty program amid AI submission surge
Google has temporarily paused its open source bug bounty program, citing a surge in low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports. The program paid researchers for finding security flaws in Google's open source projects. The pause suggests AI tools are flooding security teams with automated submissions that are difficult to review, raising concerns across the security research community about how bounty programs will handle AI-driven noise.
Why now: It highlights a growing problem of AI-generated spam overwhelming security vulnerability programs.
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