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OpenAI is increasing Security Bug Bounty rewards and adding report quality, loyalty and priority campaign bonuses for independent researchers.

The OpenAI bug bounty program raises payouts and adds bonuses with exceptional critical findings now eligible for up to $172,000.

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RedStone launches smart contract and web bug bounties on HackenProof and Cantina, paying up to $250,000 for critical oracle ...

As generative AI tools flood vulnerability intake pipelines with plausible-looking "slop," tech giants are reconsidering the ROI of traditional, paid bug bounty programs. Between external triage ...

The Alphabet-owned technology giant announced that as of Thursday, it's indefinitely no longer accepting new submissions to its open-source software Vulnerability Reward Program. Also known as Google ...

Bug bounty programs are intended to be mutually beneficial: Major organizations get to plug holes in their security while hackers skilled enough to find vulnerabilities are paid for their effort.

Google has paused its open-source software bug bounty program. The reason? AI slop. Google Vulnerability Reward Program announced the update on social media platform X last week, noting the program ...

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Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its OSS VRP after a sharp rise in automated submissions, many of which it says are invalid. The company had already warned in March ...