Security researcher questions why frontier AI labs are investing heavily in vulnerability discovery
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-29
Security researcher Haifei Li observes that frontier AI labs are pushing hard into vulnerability discovery — hiring world-class vuln researchers and training dedicated vuln-discovery models. But he doubts it can be a large, long-term revenue source given it's a tiny slice of the cybersecurity business, and asks what he's missing. Cryptographer Matthew Green amplified the thread.
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