Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype

# AI Companies Are Making Big Claims, but Reality Is More Complicated The AI industry has been buzzing with impressive announcements this summer—like claims that AI is better than human experts at finding security flaws in software. However, these headlines often oversimplify what's actually happening, and recent security breaches at major AI companies suggest the technology isn't as bulletproof as the marketing suggests. Before believing the next big AI breakthrough you hear about, it's worth asking whether the company selling it has real evidence or just hype.
It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts. Then we had the OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident, after which Anthropic (proudly) and Meta (reluctantly) disclose
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