""Nothing Mythos found couldn't have been found by a skilled human. The AI is not finding a new class of AI-exclusive super bugs. It's just finding a lot of stuff that was missed.""
""For a hardened target, just one such bug would have been red-alert in 2025, and so many at once makes you stop to wonder whether it's even possible to keep up.""
The Claude Mythos Preview has identified 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 148, all of which were fixed in Firefox 150. This achievement underscores AI's potential in cybersecurity, although it raises concerns about dual-use risks. While AI can uncover numerous bugs, it does not find new classes of vulnerabilities. Mozilla's CTO expressed concern over the sheer number of vulnerabilities discovered, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining security. Firefox employs a defense-in-depth strategy, but no security layer is completely foolproof against attackers.
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