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'Backbone of the web': What is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?

AI can find ways to hack into computer systems that have long gone unnoticed by humans
AI can find ways to hack into computer systems that have long gone unnoticed by humans. © Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP

As governments and corporations alike scramble to install a patch to fix fundamental security flaws in a programming language that helps run roughly 70 percent of the world's websites, here's what you need to know about how AI has helped bring these critical vulnerabilities to light.

Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline Thursday as organisations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.

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