AI is flooding bug bounties. Microsoft paid a record; Apple slammed the door
THE SO WHAT
AI-augmented researchers are turning bug bounties into high-throughput vulnerability scanners — and programs are fragmenting fast on how much volume they’ll accept and at what price. If you run a bounty, you need explicit policies for AI-found bugs and an internal triage pipeline that can handle order-of-magnitude more reports without burning your team out.
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