AI Helped Find a Critical Bug Affecting Huge Swathes of the Internet

Newly announced vulnerabilities could affect broad swathes of the internet after being discovered by teams of cybersecurity professionals—with heavy AI assistance. The issues affect PHP, a widely-used open-source programming language that provides a foundation for content management systems like WordPress, which powers a broad array of websites (including those of the Center for Investigative Reporting). […]

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