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title: "LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale"
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summary: "LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale. Claude formally proved security properties in the compiled code of 123 open-source libraries and found bugs that had eluded detection for years."
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# LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale

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**Published:** 2026-10-22T22:54:43.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** anthropic, llm

## Summary

LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale\. Claude formally proved security properties in the compiled code of 123 open\-source libraries and found bugs that had eluded detection for years\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.anthropic.com/research/formal-verification>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202217>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261023/p5>)