Why would open source models make this scenario you are painting better?
> Imagine a future where state actors have hundreds of AI agents fixing bugs, gaining reputation while they slowly introduce backdoors. I really hope open source () succeed.
I guess we can only hope verifiable and open source models can counteract the state actors.
Except, with closed-source software maintained by a for-profit company, suck cockup would mean a huge reputational hit, with billions of dollars of lost market cap. So, there are very high incentives for companies to vet their devs, have proper code reviews, etc.
But with open-source, anyone can be a contributor, everyone is a friend, and nobody is reliably real-world-identifiable. So, carrying out such attacks is easier by orders magnitude.
I'm not sure about that. It takes a few leetcode interviews to get in major tech companies. As for the review process, it's not always thorough (if it looks legit and the tests pass...). However, employees are identifiable and would take huge risk to be caught doing anything fishy.
I don’t think it affected Juniper firewall business in any significant way.