SMRTR ProgrammingAug 4, 2026Engadget

Apple caps bug bounty program due to deluge of AI submissions

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Apple has placed limits on its bug bounty program after being overwhelmed by a flood of AI-generated vulnerability submissions. The surge of low-quality, machine-generated reports is straining the review process and making it harder for legitimate security researchers to get noticed. This signals a growing challenge for bug bounty programs industry-wide as AI tools make mass submission trivially easy.

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