Sam Altman: 'I no longer think we're gonna be able to just patch all the bugs'
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-10-25
Gizmodo reports Sam Altman saying "I no longer think we're gonna be able to just patch all the bugs," arguing we need to switch entirely to using frontier models as "a new kind of defense shield."
Commentator Garrison Lovely breaks this down:
- The entire plan so far was for defenders to use frontier models to find and patch vulnerabilities faster than attackers could exploit them, with Daybreak and Glasswing giving defense a head start.
- Altman is effectively admitting that plan failed.
- What "a new kind of defense shield" means is unclear — but if it means swarms of defense agents fighting swarms of hacking agents in ways no human can follow, "that sounds pretty bad."
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