Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening - WIRED

WIRED reports that a tidal wave of vulnerabilities uncovered using AI has accelerated in recent months. According to the article, the resulting volume of disclosures is piling pressure on under-resourced IT and security teams and straining the volunteers who maintain crucial open source software. The article's headline frames the trend as 'Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening.'

WIRED cites a total of 66,401 CVEs recorded as of Wednesday this week. The figure comes from Jerry Gamblin, identified by the article as head of research at Empirical Security and founder of RogoLabs. A CVE is a publicly listed software vulnerability, and the article presents the total as a running count. The article does not break the figure down by severity, by software project, or by how many entries were discovered using AI.

According to the article, the pressure falls on two groups. The first is IT and security teams, which WIRED describes as under-resourced. The second is the volunteers who maintain crucial open source software. The article does not name any of the projects or volunteers involved, nor does it give figures for how many people are affected. WIRED sets the vulnerability trend against discussion of an AI slowdown, stating that the explosion is already happening.