Why frontier AI labs' bug bounties are cheap: models find vulns but can't fix them
herbiebradley · x · 2026-10-23
The thread starts from an observation: frontier AI companies offer surprisingly cheap bug bounties despite deep pockets — because their own models can find vulnerabilities at scale, keeping supply high.
The paradox: if their models surface all these vulns, why aren't they patched? The original poster suspects current models are far better at identifying problems than fixing them. herbiebradley adds that models likely only cover a subset of the real vulnerability distribution, so human researchers still matter.
Related event: Frontier AI firms keep bug bounties low as their own models flood supply(2 posts)→
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