AI-powered security tools such as Mythos could push the cost of basic smart contract audits toward zero and shift what the crypto industry considers reasonable due diligence before deploying code, researchers said. According to CoinDesk, ENS Labs CISO Alexander Urbelis said work that once took weeks could eventually be done in minutes, while SVRN COO David Schwed said the bigger change may be continuous auditing with suggested fixes at a fraction of the cost. Both warned AI will not replace human auditors and may miss incentive-driven risks and non-code attacks such as social engineering and key compromises.