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PHP flaws, model releases and a browser sunset: AI's packed Thursday

An OpenAI program was one of two parties to discover PHP2Shell vulnerabilities in core PHP affecting 70% of the web .

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An OpenAI program was one of two parties to discover PHP2Shell vulnerabilities in core PHP affecting 70% of the web [ai#29].

Fine-tuning query clarification makes small models ask better for retrieval-augmented generation, per a new arXiv paper [ai#25].

GitHub made its global default for Copilot features generally available [ai#34].

Arc is being sunset on December 22, 2026 [ai#35].

OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud [ai#23].

OpenAI announced new API tooling for building more responsive apps [ai#40].

DeepMind published new work mapping the world's forest types beyond tree cover [ai#33].

New Claude Duet works while your phone's off [ai#30].