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Capital One open-sources VulnHunter, an AI agent for code security

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

Capital One released VulnHunter, an open-source AI agent that autonomously hunts for security vulnerabilities in code. The tool uses large language models to analyze codebases and identify flaws without human intervention. It aims to help developers catch bugs earlier in the software development lifecycle.

Meridian48 take
VulnHunter is a practical application of agentic AI in DevSecOps, but its effectiveness depends on the underlying model's accuracy and the quality of training data.
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