> PHP is used by 70% of the web
> Frontier AI labs determine it as critical for this reason
> Make their models available for security research
> Find 20 y/o exploit
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> Everyone thinks the exploit was found because PHP sucks and not because it was deemed critical infrastructure
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> profit
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everytime is something with PHP they all come out of a hole to say PHP sucks then you check the amount of vulnerabilities on any other technology and the volume is higher but no one cares....
A lot of people trash talk about PHP for its outdated versions and the security flaws that are found in them.
The hypocrisy lies in the fact that it's not as if ALL languages have these issues, and the evolution of languages is precisely about correcting, improving, and deploying…