Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop

The article reports a sharp increase in AI-generated bug-bounty submissions—ranging from low-quality noise to automated end-to-end scanning—that has strained triage processes, led some programs (like Nextcloud's) to pause payouts, and prompted vendors and platforms (HackerOne, Bugcrowd) to add stricter checks and AI-based validation; it notes Anthropic's Mythos as a tool accelerating automated discovery but does not detail any specific exploited vulnerabilities or incidents.