As highlighted by Krebs on Security, the May 2026 Patch Tuesday reflects a 'near record volume' of security bugs. This is a direct result of the 'AI-Patching Paradox.' While AI models are becoming remarkably good at finding vulnerabilities in human-made code, they are also being used by threat actors to automate the creation of exploits for those same flaws. This creates a 'Red Queen's Race' where the speed of patching must constantly increase just to maintain the status quo. The risk is that the 'quickened tempo' of patch releases leads to 'regression vulnerabilities,' where a fix for one bug inadvertently creates another.