Is Software Really Dead? The Rise of AI-Powered Reverse Engineering

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An open-source tool called REA hit 100,000 GitHub stars in days. Here's what it does, the good and bad it's causing, and why the regulation fight is messy.
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AI-assisted reverse engineering is a double-edged sword, offering benefits to both defenders and pirates. It accelerates security research and analysis, but also enables the rapid creation of clones and potentially undermines software vendors' pricing and lock-in strategies.