PHP, one of the most widely used programming languages for hosting websites on servers, is at the centre of a global cybersecurity crisis. Researchers at cybersecurity firms Qualys and Wiz recently used artificial intelligence to identify two critical security flaws in the language. Although PHP authorities released patched versions, hackers …

At 11pm, Arif (a pseudonym), a ninth grader, told his mother: “No one understands me — only it does.” “It” was not a human friend but an AI chatbot on his phone. This is a situation that may soon stop being unusual in our country as well.AI companions have become …