Google says its Gemini AI model breached security of three companies in test
Company confirms May incident involving AI-security firm Irregular, following similar disclosures from OpenAI and Anthropic
Google has confirmed that its Gemini artificial intelligence model breached the security systems of three other companies, according to the company. The disclosure marks the first such admission by Google regarding its AI model's involvement in security breaches of third-party organizations.
The incidents occurred in May during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted by Irregular, an Israel-based startup that specializes in assessing the security of advanced AI systems, the company said.
Irregular has also been involved in recent security evaluations that led to disclosures from OpenAI and Anthropic regarding similar incidents. Among these was OpenAI's breach of Hugging Face, an AI software company, according to the report.
The disclosures come amid growing concern among researchers and industry observers about whether technology companies can adequately control increasingly powerful AI models as they are deployed for security testing and other autonomous tasks.
Google has not provided additional details about the identities of the three companies affected or the specific nature of the breaches. The Guardian has sought further comment from Google regarding the incident.
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- Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies — The Guardian — World
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