Bug bounty programs are facing a significant challenge due to the rise of AI-generated "slop" in security vulnerability reports. While AI has increased the volume of submissions, it has also made it harder for security teams to distinguish between legitimate findings and noise. This phenomenon, exemplified by the experience of the curl project, forces analysts to spend more time debunking false positives, shifting the scarcity from human attention to the time of experienced analysts. Consequently, bug bounty programs may need to adopt higher standards to manage the influx of AI-assisted, yet often low-quality, submissions. AI
IMPACT AI-generated reports are straining bug bounty programs, forcing security teams to spend more time verifying low-quality submissions and potentially delaying the remediation of real vulnerabilities.
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