Apple has restricted open security reports per researcher after AI-generated submissions overwhelmed its review process with fabricated vulnerabilities and theoretical risks.
Apple capped security report submissions after AI tools inundated its bug bounty with hallucinated vulnerabilities, forcing manual teams to distinguish real from AI-generated flaws. The incident underscores a governance gap: AI-assisted discovery accelerates threat detection but creates noise risking delayed patches and review bottlenecks.
Company's system was flooded with a large number of fake or imaginary vulnerabilities
Aug 03, 2026
02:23 pm
What's the storyApple has imposed a limit on the number of security reports researchers can submit at once.
The move comes after the company's system was flooded with a large number of fake or imaginary vulnerabilities by AI tools such as ChatGPT.
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