# AI-Powered Bug Hunting Spurs Surge in 2026 Vulnerability Disclosures

> Source: <https://osintsights.com/ai-powered-bug-hunting-spurs-surge-in-2026-vulnerability-disclosures>
> Published: 2026-09-16 06:03:04+00:00

The AI-powered bug hunting revolution is here, and it's blowing the lid off hidden vulnerabilities - Gartner research VP Craig Lawson says we've never seen codebases audited to this level before. This unprecedented scale of audit is swiftly retiring technical debt and steering neglected code toward a cleaner state.