Why AI-Generated Code is a Security Minefield (And What To Do About It)

But they also ship vulnerabilities fast - and most developers don't catch them. I've spent the last month building a security scanner specifically for AI-generated code. After analyzing hundreds of code snippets from ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude, I found patterns that traditional scanners completely miss. Here's what I learned. The Scale of the Problem Every major AI assistant - ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini - can produce working code in seconds. Developers copy-paste it into production without a second thought.