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OpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs In The Linux Kernel

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OpenAI reported that its AI system autonomously identified 948 valid local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, as described in a blog post on its autonomous vulnerability discovery work.

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