AI can write an exploit before most companies have read the advisory How long it took to turn a patched bug into a working attack: - 2017: about 3 weeks for a professional - 2023: about 1 week - 2025: an afternoon with AI Full piece from a16z's Asaf Ezra and Steph Zhang on AI and the patch gap: https://www.a16z.news/p/the-exploit-was-the-bottleneck