AI found 3% of all critical software bugs ever in one month, on pace for 100K this year
adivinemessenger · reddit · 2026-10-23
Citing Nick Dobos's post, a Reddit user notes AI uncovered roughly 3% of all critical software security bugs in recorded history within the past month — on pace for 100,000 bugs this year alone, adding 26% to the all-time CVE total. The attached CVE Tracker chart shows an exponential spike after 2023, illustrating how AI-driven vulnerability discovery is surfacing long-hidden defects at an unprecedented scale.
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