Ethereum Foundation finds and fixes network bug using AI agents

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced it is applying artificial intelligence (AI) to its network to identify bugs before hackers can. According to Decrypt, EF researchers are using AI agents to find vulnerabilities in core network infrastructure, including cryptographic systems, protocol code, and smart contracts. The researchers said this approach has already led to the discovery of a real bug, which they described as a remotely triggerable panic in libp2p's gossipsub, a part of the P2P layer used by Ethereum consensus clients. The bug has now been fixed.