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AI Tools Discover WebKit Vulnerabilities as Apple Accelerates Patch Cadence

Forensic Summary

Apple patched over 30 vulnerabilities across iOS, macOS, and Safari, with four WebKit flaws credited to AI-assisted discovery by OpenAI Codex Security and Anthropic researchers using Claude. The disclosure marks a notable shift in AI's role in offensive and defensive security research, with Apple explicitly citing AI-accelerated exploit development as the reason for expediting its patch release timeline. This represents a concrete, documented instance of AI tooling being used to find memory corruption and use-after-free vulnerabilities in a major browser engine.


Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/ai-tools-discover-webkit-vulnerabilities-as-apple-accelerates-patch-cadence/

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