Will opensource software be less safe due to AI? (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by sammy_gr@aussie.zone to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The title is pretty self explanatory, but will opensource software become less and less safe compared to "big company software", as big companies gain access to more and more advanced AI to test for their vulnerabilities? Or even malicious actors gaining access to more advanced AI, able to break into opensource software made by a small team easier? Should a privacy oriented person then stay away from such software?

And, yes ... I'm tired of AI, AI, and more AI.

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[-] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

And to lean even more into that, now that AI is genuinely cracked at discovering vulnerabilities, security by obscurity is way less effective.

Funnily enough this means now the effectiveness of crowd sourced security is actually the only remaining factor for security, so that would make open source software the safer variant. So in a way, AI not only open sources everything technically, it also makes open source software the more secure variant regardless.

this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2026

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