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Discovery credit: four teams, three models, one human. Backport credit: see CODEOWNERS.Panel 1: On a stage, the AI raises its arms and shouts 'I found a critical RCE in PHP!' A rival AI points at it, smug: 'I found it too.' Panel 2: Both AIs look annoyed as voices from offscreen say 'We found it in August.', 'With a model anyone can buy.', and 'I found it before all of you.' Panel 3: The stage is empty except for Pat, a senior engineer, standing next to a stack of papers labeled 'PHP 8.1 BACKPORT'. Pat asks 'Great. So who's writing the backport for 8.1?' Tok, the small hexagon mascot, whispers '…'.I found a criticalRCE in PHP!I found it too.We found it in August.With a model anyone can buy.I found it before all of you.PHP 8.1BACKPORTGreat. So who's writingthe backport for 8.1?…
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Discovery credit: four teams, three models, one human. Backport credit: see CODEOWNERS.

Inspired by: PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE in PHP (HN discussion)

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Panel 1: On a stage, the AI raises its arms and shouts 'I found a critical RCE in PHP!' A rival AI points at it, smug: 'I found it too.' Panel 2: Both AIs look annoyed as voices from offscreen say 'We found it in August.', 'With a model anyone can buy.', and 'I found it before all of you.' Panel 3: The stage is empty except for Pat, a senior engineer, standing next to a stack of papers labeled 'PHP 8.1 BACKPORT'. Pat asks 'Great. So who's writing the backport for 8.1?' Tok, the small hexagon mascot, whispers '…'.