Cryptographer Matthew Green: AI will split software into fast and slow defenders
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-12
Responding to Halvar Flake's thread on AI and offense/defense balance, cryptographer Matthew Green predicts a split into fast and slow defenders: fast defenders will patch quickly and add AI to their CI, producing very strong software — but everyone below them stays vulnerable until someone figures out how to turn every third-tier org's security team into Apple or Google.
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