--- title: Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure... description: cURL is terminating its bug bounty program at the end of January due to an overwhelming influx of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports. Lead... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/overrun-with-ai-slop-curl-scraps-bug-bounties-to-ensure-intact-mental-health--kijpt9snr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health” | daily.dev og:description: cURL is terminating its bug bounty program at the end of January due to an overwhelming influx of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports. 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While users expressed concern about losing a key security mechanism, the team indicated they had little choice given the volume of bogus submissions from LLMs and automated tools that waste maintainer time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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