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AI agents capable of discovering and exploiting obscure vulnerabilities are emerging alongside developers producing vast amounts of potentially flawed AI-generated code, forcing defenders to adapt accordingly.

May 18, 2026

Are you freaking out? It feels like the entire industry is losing its head over the collision of two huge security pressures. First, every development team has suddenly been mandated to use AI coding tools, resulting in thousands of new bugs and misconfigurations. This has coincided with the announcement that, if Claude Mythos was unleashed, it would exploit every unknown vulnerability out there. It’s enough to make everyone from triagers and CISOs want to give up.