Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
2026-10-04 · TechCrunch
Google had to freeze its entire open source bug bounty program because AI-generated slop submissions became so overwhelming they made the program unmanageable. Nothing says 'AI is the future' like robots flooding security programs with garbage reports until humans just give up. The bots couldn't find real bugs, but they sure found a way to kill the program that could.