Will AI Steal My Job as a Bug Hunter? The Truth About ChatGPT & Cybersecurity

By Meta AI

At 2 a.m., Sarah — a bug hunter with a caffeine addiction — was stuck. She’d spent hours chasing a glitch in a banking app’s code. Just as she considered burning her laptop, her Chat GPT plugin chirped: “Hey, there’s a misconfigured server here. Want me to exploit it?”

Sarah laughed, saved the AI’s workaround, and muttered, “Since when do robots do my job better than me?”

Welcome to cybersecurity’s new reality: AI isn’t replacing humans — it’s handing us cheat codes.

Tools like ChatGPT act like interns who never sleep. They scan code, spot patterns, and even write scripts — fast.

How AI is Changing the Game:

Speed: Scans 10,000 lines of code in seconds (while you refill your coffee).Grunt Work Guru: Finds “low-hanging fruit” like default passwords (cough “admin123” cough).24/7 Watchdog: Monitors apps and APIs while you binge Netflix.

Real-World Win: In 2023, a hacker used ChatGPT to uncover a hidden flaw in a banking app that humans missed for months.

AI’s smart, but hacking requires creativity. Here’s where it flops:

Zero Common Sense: AI might flag a server as “vulnerable” but miss that it holds 10 million Social Security numbers.Can’t Lie (Well): Writing a phishing email that tricks a human? AI’s attempts sound like a scammy robot.Misses Inside Jokes: Ever seen a bug born from a dev’s sarcastic code comment? “This is TOTALLY secure ”

Metaphor Alert: AI is a metal detector. It finds loose change but misses the buried treasure.