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3 AI agents are as good as human analysts in reverse engineering

GPT Pro, Claude Opus and Kimi came near human level, but large binaries fill the context window fast.

Humans vs. AI agents Two columns, humans and AI agents, over three rows. Understanding: the best agents are human-competitive against a skilled analyst baseline. Revisits functions: humans often, agents rarely. Movement: humans follow local structure, agents jump across the binary. This agent style is called greedy fetching. Nine models, two tasks. Humans vs. AI agents Humans AI agents UNDERSTANDING Skilled analyst baseline Human-competitive REVISITS FUNCTIONS Often Rarely MOVES BY Local structure Jumps across binary Greedy fetching 9 models · 2 tasks
In a study of nine models, the best three match human analysts at reverse engineering, but they jump around code instead of revisiting it.

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  1. Humans vs. Machines: A Comparison With AI Agents in Software Reverse Engineeringarxiv.org
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