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Apple Caps AI-Generated Bug Reports, Patches Major macOS Flaws

8/3/2026

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Apple capped the number of active security reports per researcher after AI-generated submissions flooded its review process.
Apple now imposes a 30-day wait, limits open reports, and uses AI triage with human verification.
Italian startup Bynario’s GPT-5.5 Atlas uncovered more than 50 macOS flaws in three weeks, including a $100,000-$200,000 privilege-escalation chain.
Apple assigned CVE-2026-43760, patched it in macOS Tahoe 26.6, and its bug bounty program now exceeds $5 million.

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Story summary

Apple capped the number of active security reports per researcher after AI-generated submissions flooded its review process.
Apple now imposes a 30-day wait, limits open reports, and uses AI triage with human verification.
Italian startup Bynario’s GPT-5.5 Atlas uncovered more than 50 macOS flaws in three weeks, including a $100,000-$200,000 privilege-escalation chain.
Apple assigned CVE-2026-43760, patched it in macOS Tahoe 26.6, and its bug bounty program now exceeds $5 million.