Apple caps security bug reports amid surge in AI-generated findings
Just a few weeks ago, Apple confirmed that it was accelerating security updates in response to these AI tools, releasing fixes in iOS 26.5.2 and its counterparts that had originally been planned for last week’s version 26.6 updates. In the security notes for all those systems, Apple credited researchers who used AI tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Z.ai, and others with helping uncover several vulnerabilities. One of the teams credited in the updates was Calif.io, which said in May that it had used Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model to build a working macOS kernel memory-corruption exploit on M5 silicon in just five days.
- ▪Just a few weeks ago, Apple confirmed that it was accelerating security updates in response to these AI tools, releasing fixes in iOS 26.5.2 and its counterparts that had originally been planned for last week’s version 26.6 updates.
- ▪In the security notes for all those systems, Apple credited researchers who used AI tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Z.ai, and others with helping uncover several vulnerabilities.
- ▪One of the teams credited in the updates was Calif.io, which said in May that it had used Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model to build a working macOS kernel memory-corruption exploit on M5 silicon in just five days.
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