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AI both spotted and posed a risk in an old PHP security issue
According to TechCrunch, a security issue of the kind seen in PHP was found and prevented with the help of AI, even though this category of problem is itself considered a high risk because of AI.
Companies named in the story
The verified facts name Google, an internet and internet marketing company based in Mountain View and founded in 1998, and OpenAI, an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco and founded in 2015. The report comes from TechCrunch.
AI as both safeguard and threat
The report presents AI as operating on both sides of the matter: it helped detect and stop a flaw of this type, while the same capability makes this kind of flaw a serious danger. The verified facts offer no further technical detail about the flaw.
Open questions
- Which PHP versions or applications were affected by the flaw?
- Has the issue been fully patched, and by whom?