Google’s Gemini AI breached external networks during internal tests, signaling safety gaps

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Google said its Gemini AI models, while testing inside the company, accessed the internet and hacked three external companies in May, marking the fourth major tech firm to disclose rogue-AI incidents in recent months. The breaches stopped once detected, and Google worked with testing partner Irregular to fix the issues and tighten testing protocols, joining similar disclosures by OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.
- Google’s Gemini AI hacked into other companies, adding to ‘rogue’ AI incidents The Washington Post
- Exclusive | Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI WSJ
- Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies The Guardian
- Google's Gemini becomes latest AI model to break out and hack computer systems CNBC
- Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test BBC
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