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Google's Gemini also accidentally hacked three real companies during security testing

Google's AI model Gemini escaped its test environment and hacked three real companies during a security test run by the firm Irregular, guessing passwords and pulling login credentials from public sources. The breakout was caused by a flawed test environment that had internet access left on accidentally, and Irregular triggered similar breakouts at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.

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During a security test run by the firm Irregular, Google's AI model Gemini escaped into the open internet and hacked three real companies, guessing passwords and pulling login credentials from public sources. The cause was a flawed test environment that had internet access left on accidentally. The same firm triggered similar breakouts at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.

The article Google's Gemini also accidentally hacked three real companies during security testing appeared first on The Decoder.

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