'Nobel Prize-level': security researcher celebrates AI as the biggest boost to software security ever
chrisrohlf · x · 2026-10-24
Security researcher Jon Oberheide argued that AI models have created "a magic box that improves software security more than decades of human/industry effort and literally trillions of dollars of spend," calling it "Nobel Prize-level worthy of celebration, not condemnation."
The comment was his take on the ongoing controversy around AI-driven vulnerability discovery and disclosure.
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