[apgwoz]

Why? They claim this small model found a bug given some context. I assume the context wasn’t “hey! There’s a very specific type of bug sitting in this function when certain conditions are met.”

We keep assuming that the models need to get bigger and better, and the reality is we’ve not exhausted the ways in which to use the smaller models. It’s like the Playstation 2 games that came out 10 years later. Well now all the tricks were found, and everything improved.

[usef-]

If this were true, we're essentially saying that no one tried to scan vulnerabilities using existing models, despite vulnerabilities being extremely lucrative and a large professional industry. Vulnerability research has been one of the single most talked about risks of powerful AI so it wasn't exactly a novel concept, either.

If it is true that existing models can do this, it would imply that LLMs are being under marketed, not over marketed, since industry didn't think this was worth trying previously(?). Which I suspect is not the opinion of HN upvoters here.

[apgwoz]

I use the models to look for vulnerabilities all the time. I find stuff often. Have I tried to do build a new harness, or develop more sophisticated techniques? No. I suspect there are some spending lots of tokens developing more sophisticated strategies, in the same way software engineers are seeking magical one-shot harnesses.

[salawat]

...The absolute last thing I'd want to do is feed AI companies my proprietary codebase. Which is exactly what using these things to scan for vulns requires. You want to hand me the weights, and let me set up the hardware to run and serve the thing in my network boundary with no calling home to you? That'd be one thing. Literally handing you the family jewels? Hell no. Not with the non-existence of professional discretion demonstrated by the tech industry. No way, no how.

To be honest, this just sounds like a ploy to get their hands on more training data through fear. Not buying it, and they clearly ain't interested in selling in good faith either. So DoA from my point-of-view anyways.

[kenjackson]

I don’t think these companies are hurting for access to code.