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kabir.au — Open CTFs Are Now Pay-to-Win, and Frontier AI Did It
May 16, 2026 159 137

Open CTFs Are Now Pay-to-Win, and Frontier AI Did It

A top-10 CTF competitor argues that Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.5 have automated enough of the scoreboard that open CTFs no longer measure human security skill.

ctf security ai competitive-hacking llm
kabir.au
blog.calif.io — Five Days vs. Five Years: Apple's New Kernel Defense, Cracked
May 16, 2026 450 126

Five Days vs. Five Years: Apple's New Kernel Defense, Cracked

Apple spent five years building MIE on M5 to stop kernel exploits. Calif cracked it in five days with AI, then drove to Apple Park to deliver the report.

security apple macos kernel exploit ai
blog.calif.io

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