---
title: AI finds security flaws – who controls the knowledge?
author: Martin Ebner
date: 2026-10-25
url: https://postgenerative.at/indications/2026-10-25/ai-finds-security-flaws-who-controls-the-knowledge
lang: en
type: Indication
summary: A FAZ commentary uses a PHP vulnerability to question governments’ dependence on private AI companies.
tags:
  - Security
  - Software
  - Politics
sources:
  - title: "Kira Kramer: Open AI fand die Lücke – und entschied, wer davon erfuhr. Kommentar, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22.10.2026."
    url: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/php-sicherheitsluecke-was-der-ki-fund-fuer-staaten-bedeutet-201611231.html
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
alternate:
  de: https://postgenerativ.at/indizien/2026-10-25/ki-findet-sicherheitsluecken-wer-kontrolliert-das-wissen
---

# AI finds security flaws – who controls the knowledge?

Kira Kramer reports that OpenAI used an AI model to find an attack path through a known PHP vulnerability. The company informed developers and selected government bodies. Her commentary asks what power comes with helping decide who receives this knowledge. [1]

This example highlights a political dimension of generative AI: security research can provide protection while creating dependencies. Kramer warns against basing national security on the goodwill of private technology companies.

[Read the FAZ article](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/php-sicherheitsluecke-was-der-ki-fund-fuer-staaten-bedeutet-201611231.html)