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AI found an Ethereum bug that could take validators offline, but humans had to prove it

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Shaurya Malwa
AI found an Ethereum bug that could take validators offline, but humans had to prove it
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The Ethereum Foundation successfully used AI to identify a critical bug in the network's gossipsub protocol that could have taken validators offline. However, the process highlighted the challenge of 'false positives,' as engineers had to spend significant time verifying the AI's findings to distinguish real threats from fabricated narratives.

And while bugs were found, meticulous human judgment was still required to differentiate between what was real and what were false positives - with the Protocol Security team publishing field notes on tips the broader ecosystem should follow in their own AI workflows.

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