{
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
 "attribution": "Fide AI, Agentic Cyber Explorer",
 "url": "https://agentic-cyber-explorer.pages.dev/questions/is-ai-shifting-find-vs-fix/",
 "asOf": "2026-09-26",
 "id": "is-ai-shifting-find-vs-fix",
 "order": 5,
 "question": "Is AI shifting the balance between finding and fixing vulnerabilities?",
 "topics": [
  "vulnerability-discovery",
  "vulnerability-repair"
 ],
 "answers": [
  {
   "on": "2026-09-25",
   "short": "Discovery is ahead. AI finds real vulnerabilities faster than they are fixed, and simple checks overstate how often AI patches work.",
   "body": "AI systems find previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used open-source software, and one lab’s program data shows disclosure far ahead of patching. Checking only that the original crash no longer reproduces overstates how often AI-generated patches actually fix the flaw. Independent patch verification is the bottleneck the evidence points to.",
   "confidence": "moderate",
   "findings": [
    "ai-finds-real-vulnerabilities",
    "discovery-outpaces-patching",
    "crash-checks-overstate-patch-success"
   ],
   "methods": [
    "ai-vulnerability-discovery",
    "automated-patching",
    "patch-verification"
   ],
   "why": "First answer, drawn from the findings linked here."
  }
 ],
 "reviewedOn": "2026-09-25",
 "wouldChange": "Program data showing patch rates keeping pace with AI-driven disclosure, or patch-verification methods that close the gap with human review.",
 "review": "assistant-drafted"
}