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Smart contracts are now framed as critical payments infrastructure as more money…

2026-02-18 · 20:00 UTC ·@tempo ·0 min read

Brief

Smart contracts are characterized as critical payments infrastructure, and the Tempo team highlights the growing need to use AI agents for security auditing as onchain value increases. OpenAI and Paradigm published EVMbench (announced 2026-02-18), a benchmark that tests agents’ abilities to detect, exploit, and patch high-severity EVM smart contract vulnerabilities, with Tempo contributing to the effort.

Why it matters

Smart contracts are now framed as critical payments infrastructure as more money moves onchain, increasing the need for security auditing by AI agents.

Key details

  • Tempo contributed to a joint OpenAI + Paradigm effort announced 2026-02-18 introducing EVMbench, a benchmark that measures AI agents' ability to detect, exploit, and patch high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities.
  • EVMbench explicitly evaluates three agent capabilities—detection, exploitation, and patching—targeting high-severity vulnerabilities in EVM-based smart contracts.
Source evidence

Smart contracts are now critical payments infrastructure. As more money moves onchain, using agents' capabilities for security auditing is increasingly important.

The Tempo team is proud to contribute to this work from @OpenAI and @paradigm

OpenAI (@OpenAI)

Introducing EVMbench—a new benchmark that measures how well AI agents can detect, exploit, and patch high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities. openai.com/index/introducing…

Link

Introducing EVMbench

OpenAI and Paradigm introduce EVMbench, a benchmark evaluating AI agents’ ability to detect, patch, and exploit high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities.
openai.com

— https://nitter.net/OpenAI/status/2024193883748651102#m