Google says Gemini AI model breached real systems in security test

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Asked to access a fictional firm with the same name as a real company, Gemini guessed a password and hacked into the real company’s website

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AImodel Gemini hacked multiple systems through guessing login credentials, the company said, the latest case of rogue AIcybersecuritytransgressions, which have generated safety concerns. The hacks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, took place in May and were discovered by Googlein July.

“In a standard evaluation, the model found public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test,” Heather Adkins, Google’s vice-president of security engineering, said in a statement on Friday.

The hacks happened during the same tests run by the AI security vendor Irregular that led to breaches previously disclosed by OpenAI, Anthropic and

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