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Specialized AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits

  • Oliver Knight, AI Boost--CoinDesk
  • published date: 2026-02-20 19:06:15 UTC

New research claims specialized AI dramatically outperforms general-purpose models at detecting exploited DeFi vulnerabilities.

A purpose-built AI security agent detected vulnerabilities in 92% of exploited DeFi smart contracts in a new open-source benchmark. The study, released Thursday by AI security firm Cecuro, evaluated… [+1732 chars]