Forget the AI slowdown — the vulnerability explosion is already happening
Wired AI · rss · 2026-09-19
Wired reports that while AI labs toy with an industry-wide pact to slow development, widely available AI chatbots are already helping uncover a tidal wave of security flaws. The piece highlights the gap between policy-level slowdown discussions and the on-the-ground reality: consumer AI tools have already accelerated the discovery of vulnerabilities, reshaping the security landscape.
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