Black Hat USA 2026: Will vulnerability discovery decline in the AI era?
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And will today’s surge in AI-driven vulnerability discovery eventually make tomorrow’s software safer?
13 Aug 2026 • 3 min. read
The accelerated discovery of previously unknown software vulnerabilities has been making headlines for months. It’s an issue that has even led the US government to create a vulnerability clearing house named Gold Eagle to coordinate research efforts in vulnerability discovery, mitigation and fixes.
An indication of the broader pressure facing cyber-defenders can be drawn from the sheer number of patches being delivered in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday through the last four months: 169 CVEs in April, 118 CVEs in May, 571 CVEs overall in June (including 208 direct Microsoft CVEs) and another 622 vulnerabilities in July that included zero-days under active exploitation.
A keynote at Black Hat USA 2026 detailed researchby associate professor Yan Shoshitaishvili and his undergraduate students at Arizona State University on the expanding use of...
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