# Anthropic offers free AI security scans for open-source code

> Anthropic launches OSS Scanner to help open-source projects find vulnerabilities using AI, but without human review of the results.
- Title: Anthropic offers free AI security scans for open-source code
- Summary: Anthropic launches OSS Scanner to help open-source projects find vulnerabilities using AI, but without human review of the results. Anthropic launched OSS…
- Keywords: anthropic, oss scanner, open-source security, ai vulnerability detection, claude mythos, security scanning, technology, culture, offers, free, security, scans
- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008521/anthropic-open-source-oss-scanner
- Author: Stevie Bonifield
- Published: 2026-10-08T21:53:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: anthropic, oss scanner, open-source security, ai vulnerability detection, claude mythos, security scanning, technology, culture
## Anthropic launches free security scanner
Anthropic announced OSS Scanner, a new service offering free security vulnerability scans for open-source projects that opt in to the programme.
## Speed over accuracy in the trade-off
OSS Scanner uses Anthropic's strongest models, including Claude Mythos, to generate reports without human review.The outputs will be fully model-generated, which enables faster and more frequent scanning but means reports may be incorrect or invalid.

> The outputs of this opt-in vulnerability scanner will be fully model-generated, without human review or triage.
## Open-source projects already overwhelmed
AI tools have found major security flaws in open-source software recently, like the Copy Fail bug affecting nearly every Linux distro in May.
## Key takeaway

Anthropic launched OSS Scanner, a free service using its strongest AI models to scan open-source projects for security vulnerabilities without human review, trading accuracy for speed.