Feb. 19, 2026

Episode 162: HackerOne Training AI on Bug Bounty Data?

Episode 162: HackerOne Training AI on Bug Bounty Data?
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Episode 162: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and Joseph sit down with HackerOne Founder & CTO Alex Rice to discuss concerns of Using Hacker Data for AI and decreasing bounties.


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====== Resources ======

Confidential Information and Confidentiality Obligations

https://www.hackerone.com/terms/general#:~:text=HackerOne%20may%20use%20Confidential%20Information%20to%20develop%20and/or%20improve%20its%20Services%20(for%20example%2C%20to%20identify%20trends%2C%20and%20to%20train%20AI%20models)%20provided%20such%20use%20does%20not%20result%20in%20disclosure%20of%20Confidential%20Information%20to%20unauthorized%20third%20parties


Ownership and Licenses

https://www.hackerone.com/terms/community#:~:text=8.%20Ownership%20and%20Licenses


I argued with an AI regarding HackerOne using Hacker reports to train PtaaS

https://bugbounty.forum/post/183ff0fc-eb9e-47f8-991d-c0aa5b0bba71


HackerOne PTaaS (likely training their AI on private reports data)

https://www.reddit.com/r/bugbounty/comments/1r5hixk/hackerone_ptaas_likely_training_their_ai_on/


What Makes Agentic PTaaS Different in Real Environments

https://www.hackerone.com/blog/agentic-penetration-testing-as-a-service#:~:text=Our%20agents%20are,real%20enterprise%20constraints


====== Timestamps ======

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:08:44) HackerOne AI Terms of Service 

(00:24:56) Agentic PTaaS

(00:38:09) Selling data

(00:43:49) Decrease in Bounties