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A major cybersecurity alert is rattling the tech world after researchers using OpenAI's GPT-five point six Sol model uncovered a critical vulnerability in the PHP programming language. The flaw could expose as many as seventy percent of websites to data theft, prompting urgent advisories from both the FBI and NSA to update or temporarily take down affected sites.
Shifting to Capitol Hill, bipartisan concern is mounting over Google's aggressive push into American classrooms. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley have launched a formal inquiry, writing directly to CEO Sundar Pichai following a Wall Street Journal investigation into how Google's AI tools are being deployed in schools, raising questions about data privacy and age-appropriate content.
On the currency desk, the dollar index is holding just above a three-week low, up a fractional five one-thousandths of a percent as traders engage in modest short covering after last week's selloff. A slight dip in the ten-year Treasury yield is working against the greenback, compressing interest rate differentials and keeping any meaningful dollar recovery on a short leash for now.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
