Nvidia patents AI tool that writes its own software bug-hunting tests
Nvidia describes a system that uses a generative language model to automatically create the code needed to run fuzz testing on software. The AI analyzes the program to identify key functions and builds a test harness that feeds random data to find crashes or errors.
In the filing’s own words
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to applications, platforms, architecture, etc. for fuzz testing of software programs. In particular, one or more generative language model (GLM) prompts related to generation of a fuzz test harness may be generated. Based on such prompts, a GLM may be able to automatically generate the fuzz test harness, which may then be executed for performance of fuzz testing.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: generating, at least by populating one or more prompt templates based at least on program information that describes a software program, one or more generative language model (GLM) prompts related to fuzz testing the software program, the one or more GLM prompts to cause one or more GLMs to identify one or more functions of the software program and to generate a test harness for executing the fuzz testing based at least on the one or more functions as identified; generating the test harness by providing the one or more GLM prompts to the one or more GLMs; performing the fuzz testing of based at least on the test harness; and causing presentation, one of visually or audibly, of results of the fuzz testing within a graphical user interface (GUI).
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- FUZZ TESTING ARCHITECTURE GENERATION FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
- Publication number
- US20260278113A1
- Application number
- 19080559
- Filed
- Mar 14, 2025
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 21/577 Physics & computingG06F 11/3608 Physics & computingG06F 11/3698 Physics & computingG06F 2221/033 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in AI & software
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