DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, security chief warns

As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, one of crypto's top security executives says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable. What to know : OpenZeppelin CEO Manuel Aráoz warned that he now considers all of DeFi unsafe, arguing that AI coding agents have become “superhuman” at finding vulnerabilities in smart contracts. His comments come amid a sharp decline of more than $20 billion in DeFi’s total value locked this year and over $1.1 billion lost to hacks in the past 12 months, including high-profile exploits at Kelp DAO and Step Finance. The rise of powerful AI models like Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos, which can autonomously discover and weaponize software flaws, is raising new concerns that DeFi’s transparent, on-chain code may be increasingly difficult to defend at human speed.(Coindesk)