Cyber vulnerability discovery accelerated sharply from early 2026, clearly due to LLMs
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-08-18
METR researchers find that cyber vulnerability discovery shows a big acceleration starting in early 2026, clearly attributable to LLMs. Average severity has probably fallen, but even adjusting for that, discovery still appears accelerated.
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