The 89% Problem: How LLMs Are Resurrecting the "Dormant Majority" of Open Source
2026-03-11T08:52:12Z•068e8c29939764bbd4bc001a655b9a042946e76b5bcb5c9963f188e4a1aabd43
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What happened
Snyk blog roundup covering security implications of AI-driven development: LLMs are enabling widespread reuse of abandoned open‑source packages (the “Dormant Majority”), increasing software supply‑chain risk and highlighting the need for package‑health intelligence; a new AI Security Engineer discipline is emerging to protect AI‑native systems; Snyk announces collaboration with the Python 'uv' ecosystem for secure package management; Snyk explores AI-assisted remediation (Anthropic’s Claude Code Security) and how to close the vulnerability remediation loop; and community CTF write‑ups covering
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