The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race

The article discusses how advances in agentic AI models are accelerating automated vulnerability discovery and exploit creation, flooding bug-bounty programs with findings, altering payout economics, and compressing traditional disclosure timelines (e.g., 90-day windows). Researchers and companies are already seeing increased volumes of submissions and anticipate shifts in how organizations handle remediation, rewards, and responsible disclosure as attackers gain similar capabilities.