F5 Reports 98% Detection and 1% False Positives for AI WAF as Alert Fatigue Persists

F5 said its AI-powered web application firewall reached 98 percent threat-detection efficacy and a 1 percent false-positive rate in internal testing, a result the company tied directly to why most web application firewalls still sit in monitoring mode instead of blocking live traffic. The figures landed as other vendors push AI into network and large language model firewalls, and as security teams continue to treat false alarms as their largest operational drag.