AI Finds Security Bugs Faster Than Teams Can Fix Them, Overwhelming Industry

Executive Briefing

• Accelerates discovery: AI tools surface vulnerabilities at volumes far exceeding developers' and security teams' capacity to patch them.
• Sets records: Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped 570 patches, including three zero-days, a new all-time high.
• Exploits outpace fixes: Mean time to exploit has collapsed from 63 days to negative 7 days, with attacks preceding patches.
• Introduces new risk: AI-assisted code fixes create up to 9 times more new vulnerabilities than human developers generate.
• Raises triage burden: Security teams must now spend expert time disproving AI-generated false positives, straining small teams hardest.