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OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run

The Hacker News · WORLD · Security · 11/4/2026, 11:31:16 PM

OpenAI on Wednesday detailed a pipeline that employed an upcoming cyber-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2 million in API costs. "Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE)

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