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From the Left · Watch · October 22, 2026

Oct 22 · AI-found PHP flaw puts up to 70% of websites at risk as governments take sites offline to patch

CBS News: What is the PHP bug? Expert explains the flaw that could take down 70% of the internet

Grade C (76/100). Anchor and Kurzweil lab research head John Clark Levin on Amazon's warning, how AI found PHP2Shell, and the patch race

Lehrer score 76/100 (−24 factual error: [0:14] 'Now, the security flaw was discovered by OpenAI.' (anchor; the guest at [1:21] says two teams using AI models found it, and the flaw was reported by researchers, not by OpenAI itself)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → C.

[0:14] 'Now, the security flaw was discovered by OpenAI.' (anchor; the guest at [1:21] says two teams using AI models found it, and the flaw was reported by researchers, not by OpenAI itself)

Splits: Anchor and Kurzweil lab research head John Clark Levin on Amazon's warning, how AI found PHP2Shell, and the patch race

  • Broken. Rule: factual error ([0:14] 'Now, the security flaw was discovered by OpenAI.' (anchor; the guest at [1:21] says two teams using AI models found it, and the flaw was reported by researchers, not by OpenAI itself))

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