alt Hacker NewsThese aren't like Github Issues reports; they're bug bounty programs, specifically stood up to soak up incoming reports from anonymous strangers looking to make money on their submissions, with the premise being that enough of those reports will drive specific security goals (the scope of each program is, for smart vendors, tailored to engineering goals they have internally) to make it worthwhile.
Got it! The financial incentive will probably turn out to be a double edged sword. Maybe in the pre-AI age, it’s By Design to drive those goals, but I bet the ability to automate submissions will inevitably alter the rules of these programs.
I think within the next 5 years or so, we are going to see a societal pattern repeating: any program that rewards human ingenuity and input will become industrialized by AI to the point where it becomes a cottage industry of companies flooding every program with 99% AI submissions. What used to be lone wolves or small groups of humans working on bounties will become truckloads of AI generated “stuff” trying to maximize revenue.