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# AI coding assistants linked to tenfold rise in security flaws
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/ai-coding-assistants-linked-to-tenfold-rise-in-security-flaws/
- Published: 2026-10-25T05:39:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T05:39:51.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, Cybersecurity, #source_futurism.com, #editor-pick

Developers using AI coding assistants produce ten times more security flaws than those who do not, according to research by cybersecurity firm Apiiro. The study examined code from thousands of developers and tens of thousands of repositories, finding AI-assisted developers introduced three to four times more vulnerabilities. **(FUTURISM)**

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