Mozilla says 271 threats found by Mythos “have no false positives”

As we said before, Mozilla’s features are in danger of being supported by AI if the game changers are faced with serious doubts, words in many places. Critics initially laughed when Mozilla did not find CVE names for any of the 271 vulnerabilities. Like most developers, however, Mozilla does not find CVE lists for internally discovered bugs. Instead, they are tied into one patch. Oftentimes, Bugzilla reports detailing these “rollups” are hidden for months after they’ve been fixed to protect those who are slow to turn them off. Now that Mozilla has exposed a dozen of them, the same critics will say that they were also selected and hide the correct results.

Of the 271 bugs found using Mythos, 180 were sec-up, Mozilla’s highest ranking for internal threats. These types of threats can be exploited through normal activities, such as browsing the web. (Only the highest rating, the most important, is kept for zero days.) Another 80 were moderate, and 11 were moderate.

The critics are right to keep pushing back. Hype is an important means of raising the valuation of AI companies already. Given Mozilla’s high praise for Mythos, it’s easy for believers to ask themselves: What’s the return? Rather than resolving the controversy, Thursday’s clarifications only fueled the controversy.

To hear Grinstead tell it, however, the detail is clear evidence of the benefits of AI-assisted accessibility, and Mozilla’s motivations are simple.

“People were a little burned out from last year’s slow pace of action so we felt it was important to show some of our work, open up some of the bugs, and talk about it in detail as a way to encourage action or continue the conversation,” he said. “There is no marketing strategy here. Our team is very interested in this strategy. We are trying to spread awareness about this strategy and not just any modeler, company, or anything else.”