Using LLMs to scan code finds more bugs now.
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And at the rate they're finding the bugs, they'll all be found by the end of the year.
Then no more bugs and all the LLMs can be shutdown.
There is a real risk that will become the attitude though, no need for security researchers, the LLMs got us covered. Great if true but it's probably not.
TBH, I think everyone's playing with the new thing and a bunch of people will just move on to the next big thing (augmented 3d post-realism AI?)
Then, it'll settle down into decent workflows and become more organised... it'll just be painful until that happens.
I see you're a project manager. Have you considered running the ai at 1200% for one month instead?
I had a blindspot and didn't really knew what CVE's was. Digging a little:
https://docs.kernel.org/process/cve.html "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE®) numbers were developed as an unambiguous way to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities.
This article talks about op's chart specifically: https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/why-linux-kernel-cves-are-exploding-from-500-to-nearly-2000-per-release