Closed source also has similar problems
Closed source also has similar problems
Posted May 6, 2026 14:46 UTC (Wed) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)In reply to: Closed source also has similar problems by Lennie
Parent article: Eden: NHS goes to war against open source
Some points
1. it’s not as simple as “point an AI agent at a disassembler”
2. all the companies trying to woe 3-letter-agencies with their AI are definitely working on it
3. it’s a lot less dangerous legal-wise to claim an exploit against some FLOSS software, than to do the same with some proprietary binary-only software protected by expensive lawyers
4. you need to publish an exploit against some binary-only proprietary software to prove the tech works, because otherwise people will say the agent had access to the source code via training or something else
5. therefore don’t expect public proof the tech works as soon as it starts working
1. it’s not as simple as “point an AI agent at a disassembler”
2. all the companies trying to woe 3-letter-agencies with their AI are definitely working on it
3. it’s a lot less dangerous legal-wise to claim an exploit against some FLOSS software, than to do the same with some proprietary binary-only software protected by expensive lawyers
4. you need to publish an exploit against some binary-only proprietary software to prove the tech works, because otherwise people will say the agent had access to the source code via training or something else
5. therefore don’t expect public proof the tech works as soon as it starts working
However some people are definitely in damage control mode and “this can’t work (yet)” mode today :
https://www.penligent.ai/hackinglabs/anthropic-mythos-str...