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Anthropic Launches Free AI Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Projects

·Source: The Hacker News

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Executive Summary

Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI). "It's an opt-in service informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project Glasswing," Anthropic said. "Projects that join will receive thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost."

Analysis

Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI). "It's an opt-in service informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project Glasswing," Anthropic said. "Projects that join will receive thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost."
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Originally published by The Hacker News on Oct 9, 2026.

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