Why AI coding is widening the software security gap

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  • AI-generated code is remarkably good at producing syntactically correct code, with a 99.9% pass rate.
  • As it stands, the average security pass rate is only 56%, meaning roughly 44% of tested code-generation tasks introduce a known vulnerability.
  • Software vulnerabilities are now the top breach entry point at 31%, overtaking stolen credentials.
  • Organizations need to make security part of the development process from the start, choose models with risk in mind and verify code in context before it reaches production.
AI coding assistants are no longer experimental. In organizations that have adopted them, AI is responsible for roughly half of committed code.

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