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Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Zero days are extremely powerful in the wrong hands. Without AI it just takes one person thinking how the dev didn't

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Not really how it plays out. In reality safety issues of a magnitude that only surfaced once a decade are now found by AI every few weeks, showcasing that AI itself poses the biggest threat for cybersecurity today. The overwhelming majority of them would have never been found or exploited without AI.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    You could and still can sell vulnerabilities to companies that sell exploits to governments. You might hear of heavy ones getting to the public once a decade, but you can expect them do be traded and used much more often and used on targets much more important than us all the time.

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