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An Open-Weight Model Turned Firefox Security Fixes Into Exploits. Your Patch Gap Is Now the Attack Surface

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On October 29, 2026, Epoch AI published a report with an uncomfortable headline: AI can turn security fixes into working exploits before users receive an update. Their test subject was GLM 5.3, a widely available open-weight model Z.ai released in August. Pointed at Firefox, it reliably built explo…

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  1. 2026-11-03 09:10 · DEV Community — AI
    An Open-Weight Model Turned Firefox Security Fixes Into Exploits. Your Patch Gap Is Now the Attack Surface

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