Google Rewrote giflib in Rust With AI — Caught a Zero-Day

Google rewrote the giflib library in Rust using its Gemini AI and deployed the result to production, leaving its systems already immune when CVE-2026-26740 dropped, according to byteiota. The rewrite was carried out with Gemini AI as the code-generation tool, and the resulting Rust implementation was in production before the vulnerability was disclosed.

Google used Gemini AI to rewrite giflib in Rust and deploy it to production. When CVE-2026-26740 dropped, their systems were already immune. Here is how they did it. The post Google Rewrote giflib in Rust With AI — Caught a Zero-Day appeared first on byteiota .