Google pauses open-source bug bounty over AI slop submissions.
The OSS VRP — which paid out for bugs found across Google’s open-source ecosystem — will be frozen until at least next year. It’s slop’s fault: the pause is down to a “significant rise” in AI submissions, “the vast majority of which are not valid.” Linux has been suffering from a similar problem. [Link: Google VRP (Google Bug Hunters) (@GoogleVRP) | https://x.com/GoogleVRP/status/2105689195180179605 | X (formerly Twitter)]
The OSS VRP — which paid out for bugs found across Google’s open-source ecosystem — will be frozen until at least next year. It’s slop’s fault: the pause is down to a “significant rise” in AI submissions, “the vast majority of which are not valid.” Linux has been suffering from a similar problem .
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