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Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
Source: The Verge · Published
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner . It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could mean open-source proj
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner . It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could mean open-source projects get alerted about possible security issues sooner, but the trade-off is that OSS Scanner's reports don't come with human review: The outputs of this opt-in vulnerability scanner will be fully model-generated, without human review or triage. This will enable faster and more frequent scanning, but means that it is possible reports will be incorrect or invalid.
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