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Google pauses open source bug bounty amid flood of AI reports

Original: Google pauses open source bug bounty program after rise in AI submissions

Google has temporarily paused its open source bug bounty program, which paid researchers for finding vulnerabilities in open source projects, after a surge in submissions generated by artificial intelligence tools. The company says many AI-written reports are low quality and waste reviewers' time. Security researchers are debating how bounty programs should handle automated submissions and verify genuine human findings.

Why now: It raises fresh concerns about AI-generated spam overwhelming security and research programs.

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Google pauses open source bug bounty program after rise in AI submissions · malwarebytes.com

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