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AI slop's cost lands directly on a bug bounty program's books

Tom's Hardware, Oct 4 · read the original

Google suspends part of its open-source vulnerability rewards program after an influx of invalid AI-generated submissions, joining curl, Nextcloud and the Internet Bug Bounty program, which have already paused or ended payouts over the same flood.

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