Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop

Posted by twapi on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @02:13AM
from the theregister.com dept.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/curl_creator_mulls_nixing_bug/

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Re:Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop by dodomodo on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @02:42AM (#44579375)

I think the solution might be to only give awards to vulnerabilities with a working poc.

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Re:Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop by alex_suzuki on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @05:36AM (#44580381)

Cue AI hypesters proclaiming that the only solution to detecting AI slop submissions is running them through AI.

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Re:Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop by 12_throw_away on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @01:52PM (#44585059)

Dear god. Just, look at this one report [1] - it's worthless LLM slop iterating on top of more worthless LLM slop, but the initial report is just plausible enough to waste a huge amount of time and energy to investigate and respond. Personally, I would try to run as far away as possible to avoid having to deal with this bullshit. Sternberg has the patience of a saint.

[1] https://hackerone.com/reports/2298307

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