Mozilla details use of Anthropic's Mythos AI for vulnerability detection, reports 271 bugs found with minimal false positives
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Dan Goodin
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
Mozilla provided a behind-the-scenes look into its use of Anthropic's Mythos AI for vulnerability detection, following skepticism after its CTO claimed AI-assisted bug discovery could make zero-days obsolete. The article notes Mozilla has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery, with Mythos finding 271 vulnerabilities with "almost no false positives."
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defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively
completely bought in
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