When the patch tsunami meets the maintenance window

AI models can now find software vulnerabilities (weaknesses that attackers can exploit) in hours instead of the weeks it took humans, but fixing them in critical infrastructure like power plants and hospitals is much slower because these systems must operate continuously and cannot be restarted without causing safety hazards or large financial losses. This mismatch between fast vulnerability discovery and slow remediation (fixing) creates a dangerous window where attackers can exploit known flaws before patches can be safely applied to operational technology (OT, the computers that control physical equipment).