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2026-05-16 19:39:18
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`Turso` shuts down bug bounty after AI spam overload
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`Turso` shuts down bug bounty after AI spam overload

Cash rewards turned a narrow data-corruption hunt into a review queue full of low-quality AI PRs. Public incentives need abuse controls first, or they burn maintainer time fast.

[ KEY POINTS ]
  1. Turso paid $1,000 for proven data-corruption bugs and ran the program for about a year.
  2. Rewards initially went to 5 people, and some fixes improved the simulator, so the idea was not useless.
  3. Once the bounty became visible, low-quality AI-generated PRs flooded in; maintainers spent days closing them.
  4. Small OSS projects should prefer scoped private reviews, repro-only reports, or invite-based bounties before attaching cash.
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