# From capable AI models to trusted security testing

DevFeed: [From capable AI models to trusted security testing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-capable-ai-models-to-trusted-security-testing-7706.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://portswigger.net/blog/from-capable-ai-models-to-trusted-security-testing>)

Author: Kieron Hughes

Published: 2026-07-30T14:58:47Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [PortSwigger Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/portswigger-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-models.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [audit-trail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit-trail.md>), [black-hat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/black-hat.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

PortSwigger describes Burp AT, launched in public beta for Burp Suite Professional users, as a response to research into agentic systems for security testing. The article explains how agents can generate hypotheses, test them, interpret evidence, and pursue longer chains of work, while Burp enforces permissions and scope boundaries, pauses for approval when configured, and records requests and tool activity for inspection.

## Source excerpt

This week, we launched Burp AT in public beta for Burp Suite Professional users. Next week at Black Hat, PortSwigger Research will reveal more of the work that helped shape our direction. Burp AT is o