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1:31 PM PDT · October 4, 2026
Google froze its openions
Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open
Last year, TechCrunch reported that cybersecurity experts were warning of that AI slop posed a serious risk to bug bounty programs. Looks like that’s the issue confronting Google’s Openre rewarded for finding vulnerabilities in the company’s open
In posts on X and the program website, Google said the bug bounty program was paused as of October 1, with a promise to provide “an update” in the first quarter of 2027. According to Tom’s Hardware, Google engineers and open contained hallucinations
“This pause is due to a significant rise in automated submissions, the vast majority of which are not valid,” the company said.
In the meantime, participants are encouraged to consider Google’s other bug bounty programs.
