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AI Slop Is Breaking Open-Source Security
curl's genuine-report rate cratered from over 15% to under 5% in 2025 as AI slop flooded HackerOne. Here's the signal-vs-noise fight facing maintainers.
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curl's genuine-report rate cratered from over 15% to under 5% in 2025 as AI slop flooded HackerOne. Here's the signal-vs-noise fight facing maintainers.

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