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Anthropic sells AI that writes and detects security bugs

Anthropic is reportedly selling AI models that can both generate security-vulnerable code and then detect those same vulnerabilities. This creates a potential conflict of interest, as the company profits from both the creation and the remediation of bugs. Critics question the ethical implications of this business model, suggesting it may be a way to artificially inflate demand for their detection tools. AI

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IMPACT Raises ethical questions about AI companies profiting from both the creation and detection of security vulnerabilities.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains commentary and criticism regarding Anthropic's business model, not a direct announcement or factual report of a new product or capability.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    Anthropic sells LLMs, which big projects latch onto and use. These LLMs write security-critical bugs. Anthropic sells AIs for detecting these bugs. (LLM-written

    Anthropic sells LLMs, which big projects latch onto and use. These LLMs write security-critical bugs. Anthropic sells AIs for detecting these bugs. (LLM-written) Exploitable code get detected in these big projects, making Anthropic look like the best tool. Anthropic sells the too…