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  "id": 18287548,
  "title": "OpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs In The Linux Kernel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/openai-finds-948-local-privilege-escalation-bugs-in-the-linux-kernel",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T10:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phoronix",
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    "url": "https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenAI-948-Linux-LPE-Bugs"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI published a blog post outlining their work on autonomous vulnerability discovery. To showcase their AI potential, they found 948 valid local privilege escalation vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "OpenAI details a pipeline that used an upcoming cyber model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2M in API costs (OpenAI)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/openai-details-a-pipeline-that-used-an-upcoming-cyber-model-to",
        "published": "2026-11-05T02:50:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Post",
        "title": "OpenAI identifies 948 Linux privilege escalation flaws using AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/openai-identifies-948-linux-privilege-escalation-flaws-using-ai",
        "published": "2026-11-05T07:24:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "OpenAI says its AI can break into Linux at scale. Here's what it means for crypto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/openai-says-its-ai-can-break-into-linux-at-scale-heres-what-it-means",
        "published": "2026-11-05T08:26:26.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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