OpenAI System Finds 948 Linux Flaws, Exploits Them at $1,279 Each

The significance lies less in the flaw count than in the economics: an automated system finding, exploiting and drafting fixes at a stated per-flaw cost reframes vulnerability discovery as a volume business rather than a specialist's craft. That shifts the pressure onto maintainers of critical open-source software, who now face machine-speed disclosure of issues they must triage with human resources. Whether defenders can adopt comparable automation before attackers do is the open question, and the cost figure is the metric worth watching.