{"slug": "ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited", "title": "AI finds plenty of security flaws, but almost none of them get exploited", "summary": "VulnCheck found that only 14 of 1,061 AI-discovered vulnerabilities in the first half of 2026 were confirmed exploited, a rate of 1.3 percent matching the overall vulnerability exploitation rate. However, the median time to exploitation dropped from 120 days to 80 days, indicating faster attacks on AI-found flaws.", "body_md": "VulnCheck counted how often security flaws found by AI actually get exploited. Out of 1,061 AI-discovered vulnerabilities in the first half of 2026, just 14 saw confirmed attacks. That's 1.3 percent, the same rate as vulnerabilities overall. But exploits are landing faster, with the median dropping from 120 days to 80.\n\nThe article [AI finds plenty of security flaws, but almost none of them get exploited](https://the-decoder.com/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited/", "published_at": "2026-08-02 10:09:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-02 10:17:42.840082+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-research"], "entities": ["VulnCheck", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited.jsonld"}}