AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt
Summary
The IEEE Spectrum piece discusses a wave of security issues, focusing on the PHP2Shell vulnerability that affects sites running WordPress, Drupal, and similar stacks. It explains how AI tools and formal verification are being used to patch vulnerabilities more quickly, and why legacy software debt is becoming a critical risk in the AI era. It also covers how defenders need to patch promptly and the importance of updating software to reduce risk.