I’m not gonna lie, I love bug bounty hunting, and it’s thanks to bug bounty that I am where I am today. But man, at this point, the whole ecosystem feels completely broken… and unsustainable if things keep going this way. Duplicates, lower bounties, endless triage times, and then more duplicates. The market feels completely oversaturated. I love AI and use it for pretty much everything. And let’s be real, hunting without AI isn’t sustainable anymore either. The problem is that everyone now has access to the same (or almost the same) tools, which inevitably leads to similar findings. Some people will say, “Just go back to manual hunting.” But my answer is simple: AI can find those same manual bugs, and often much more. I’ve had the opportunity to get hands-on with Mythos and Daybreak Red, and I can tell you that these models are extremely good at finding complex vulnerabilities and chaining multiple bugs together. So, to those who still believe manual hunters will maintain a significant edge, I think you’re either still in the denial phase or simply haven’t had the opportunity to experiment with these powerful models. Let’s see what the future holds for bug bounty hunting. But I genuinely believe the next two years, at least, will be extremely challenging for anyone trying to make a living from it the way they used to. I love this community and everything it has given me, but right now, I’m pretty pessimistic about where we’re heading.