AI slop blocked a real $200K macOS flaw

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Apple is capping the number of bug reports and enforcing a 30-day cooldown due to a flood of low-quality, AI-generated reports with hallucinated vulnerabilities.
Italian startup Bynario used ChatGPT to find a serious macOS flaw worth an estimated $100,000–$200,000 on the black market, but could not report it because Apple blocked further submissions.
Apple has since contacted Bynario about the vulnerability.
Apple itself uses AI from Anthropic and OpenAI to hunt for vulnerabilities, and its latest updates included five times as many fixes as usual.
The situation raises questions about the long-term viability of bug bounty programs, shifting from finding vulnerabilities to validating them at machine speed.

Microsoft released patches for over 570 security vulnerabilities in July 2024, nearly triple the count from the previous month.
Nearly 60 vulnerabilities were rated critical, including three zero-days already exploited in the wild.
Two zero-days and around 250 other flaws involve privilege escalation, such as CVE-2026-56155 and CVE-2026-56164.

Nvidia introduces a datacenter financing scheme to get paid twice for AI/ML services.
Adding more AI leads to hiring more people, but may not align with business needs.
SoftBank enters the GPU rental market for AI training in the US.

Nvidia introduces a double-dipping datacenter financing scheme to maximize payments.
Companies adding more AI also increase hiring, but it may not align with business needs.
SoftBank enters the GPU rental market for AI training, leveraging its US server farm.

Nvidia introduces a double-dipping datacenter financing scheme in AI, focusing on dual payments.
Companies adding more AI also hire more people, but may not meet business needs effectively.
SoftBank enters the GPU rental market for AI training amid its US server farm construction.

OpenAI has encrypted Codex agent instructions, causing developer concerns about debugging and auditing difficulties.
Anthropic's Claude AI shows varying values and expressions across different languages, such as Hindi and Arabic.
New York has paused datacenter constructions over 50 MW to establish environmental and ratepayer protection rules.

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