Apple limits bug bounty programs as it struggles to keep pace with ‘AI slop’ hunters

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Aug 5, 2026, 11:00 am134 ptsTrending
Apple has restricted the number of potentially dangerous software bugs researchers can submit to its internal security team, as it faces a deluge of reports from people using AI models to identify alleged risks, according to reporting by Tom Wilson in London and Michael Acton in San Francisco for Financial…

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