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title: "Welcome to the vulnpocalypse, as vendors use AI to find bugs and patches multiply like rabbits"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/welcome-to-the-vulnpocalypse-as-vendors-use-ai-to-find-bugs-and-patches-multiply-like-rabbits-u6ujg3xra
source_url: https://www.theregister.com/patches/2026/05/14/welcome-to-the-vulnpocalypse-as-vendors-use-ai-to-find-bugs-and-patches-multiply-like-rabbits/5240027
type: article
source: "The Register"
published: 2026-05-13T23:31:09.208Z
updated: 2026-05-13T23:31:30.657Z
tags: ["security", "ai-security"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Welcome to the vulnpocalypse, as vendors use AI to find bugs and patches multiply like rabbits

**[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

AI-powered vulnerability discovery is dramatically increasing the volume of security patches vendors must release. Palo Alto Networks fixed 75 flaws in a single month — far above its usual five — illustrating how AI tools are accelerating bug detection and creating a surge in patch volume across the industry.

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