Daniel Stenberg, creator of cURL, has called Anthropic's Mythos AI bug-hunting initiative the greatest marketing stunt ever, after the much-hyped AI security scanner reportedly found only a single low-severity vulnerability in cURL. The criticism highlights a growing skepticism around AI-powered security tools that generate significant buzz but deliver underwhelming real-world results.

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cURL code is no stranger to AIMythos isn’t any more creative than its creatorsCurl project founder snaps over deluge of time-sucking AI slop bug reportsMythos found 271 Firefox flaws – but none a human couldn’t spotAI slop got better, so now maintainers have more workAnthropic's mysterious Mythos AI threatens to upend the infosec world

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