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Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP — the language powering roughly 70% of websites — prompted coordinated fixes; Wiz CTO Tomer Schwartz said Wiz relied on AI-powered tooling to discover the bugs and worked alongside OpenAI, Calif, and the PHP team during the scramble. The episode warns that AI is speeding discovery and exploitability of novel vulnerabilities and that manual patching processes won’t scale.
Researchers disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language — reportedly present for about 20 years — which security firm Wiz says became practically exploitable after AI-assisted work. The flaws have triggered widespread exploitation attempts (Cloudflare reported millions of hits), forced many sites and services offline, and prompted guidance from the NSA and UK NCSC to take systems offline if they cannot be immediately patched.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed a 'pace the frontier' approach to slow advanced AI development that leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination among AI labs in democratic countries; the idea has drawn some industry support and pushback from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The TechCrunch Equity episode also covers WordPress parent Automattic’s 33-hour boardroom ouster of Matt Mullenweg and related golden-parachute deals, plus updates on deals involving May Mobility and DoorDash’s investment in Wonder.
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