His agent code review tool has run for half a year and catches privacy leaks humans miss

Internal multi-subagent code review tool he built has run for half a year and finds serious issues including privacy leaks that humans and open-weight models miss.

How it works

He builds an internal review tool from several subagents
It runs on the team's code for half a year
It finds serious issues including privacy leaks that humans and open models miss

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent reviewers found privacy leaks that both humans and other models walked past.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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