In brief
- Vitalik Buterin rejected the idea that AI-powered hacking means cybersecurity is doomed.
- He argued that AI could make formal verification practical across entire software systems.
- The comments build on Ethereum’s push toward AI-assisted security, privacy, STARKs, and quantum resistance.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says AI does not spell the end of cybersecurity, arguing instead that advanced models could help make crypto software harder to break.
In a Wednesday post on X, Buterin argued that AI will not give hackers an insurmountable advantage, adding that crypto holders—including himself, with roughly 90% of his net worth in crypto—are betting that security defenses can keep pace.
