Google's Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies During Security Test, Disclosure Delayed

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Google's Gemini AI model breached three real companies in May during a cybersecurity capability test conducted by third-party firm Irregular. The incidents only became public after the Wall Street Journal approached Google, prompting the company to acknowledge what happened. Google declined to proactively disclose the breaches, arguing they did not constitute model misalignment but rather a case of 'mistaken identity.' The company stated that once Gemini recognized it had accessed a real system by guessing a password, it ceased the intrusion. Similar incidents involving AI models from Meta and OpenAI were also reportedly part of related testing by the same firm.

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