Anthropic's Mythos Finds 1 Low-Severity cURL Flaw as Creator Calls Bug Hunt a Marketing Stunt
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Updated · The Register · May 11
Anthropic's Mythos Finds 1 Low-Severity cURL Flaw as Creator Calls Bug Hunt a Marketing Stunt
6 articles · Updated · The Register · May 11
Anthropic’s Mythos AI scanner uncovered one low-severity vulnerability in cURL, a modest result after heavy promotion of the bug-hunting system.
cURL creator Daniel Stenberg dismissed the effort as “the greatest marketing stunt ever,” arguing the hype far outstripped the severity and number of bugs found.
The finding still serves as an early real-world test of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, showing the tools can surface issues but not yet deliver a flood of critical flaws.
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