The article presents a carefully calibrated attempt to frame AI as a necessary and beneficial tool for modern software security, deploying what’s commonly referred to as the “illusion of control.” GitLab’s narrative hinges on a classic motte-and-bailey strategy – acknowledging the inherent noise and inefficiency of traditional SAST scanning (the “motte”) while simultaneously presenting its AI-driven solutions as the only viable path forward (“bailey”). The core assumption is that developers a...