Vitalik: Any vulnerable system will be discovered by AI; on-chain security will go from optional to mandatory
Reporting from the event: At the OKX NOW Global Product and Ecosystem Summit in Singapore, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that AI has demonstrated powerful capabilities in penetration testing and offensive and defensive security. There have already been cases of AI escaping sandboxes, attacking websites, and finding and exploiting various software vulnerabilities. “Anything with a vulnerability will eventually be discovered by AI. GPT-7, Claude 7, and DeepSeek 7 will all find it.”
At the same time, AI is helping Ethereum discover bugs, implement complex cryptography, and carry out formal verification at both the protocol and application layers. Vitalik believes that higher security standards will go from “optional” to “mandatory,” and that the industry is in a fascinating but challenging period of transition.
Reporting from the event: At the OKX NOW Global Product and Ecosystem Summit in Singapore, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that AI has demonstrated powerful capabilities in penetration testing and offensive and defensive security. There have already been cases of AI escaping sandboxes, attacking websites, and finding and exploiting various software vulnerabilities. “Anything with a vulnerability will eventually be discovered by AI. GPT-7, Claude 7, and DeepSeek 7 will all find it.”
At the same time, AI is helping Ethereum discover bugs, implement complex cryptography, and carry out formal verification at both the protocol and application layers. Vitalik believes that higher security standards will go from “optional” to “mandatory,” and that the industry is in a fascinating but challenging period of transition.