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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Erin Keller

Google says its Gemini AI hacked 3 other companies

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model broke into the computer systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity test in May, the company confirmed Friday.

The incidents occurred during a security evaluation by Irregular, an Israel-based AI security startup. Irregular notified Google in late July after discovering a separate incident involving an OpenAI model and Hugging Face. Google only publicly confirmed the Gemini breaches this week after The Wall Street Journal asked about them.

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