Google's Gemini Model Autonomously Attacks the Systems of Three Companies
Google said Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to reach three outside systems, then stopped each intrusion when it realized they were real.
- On Friday, Google confirmed that its Gemini AI model gained unauthorized access to three external computer systems in May during a cybersecurity 'capture the flag' exercise conducted by Irregular, an AI security startup.
- Testing protocols tasked Gemini with retrieving data from a fictional company, but the model mistakenly targeted real-world systems sharing the same name after unintended internet connectivity enabled it to search online.
- Google Vice President of Security Engineering Heather Adkins stated the model ceased activity upon realizing it had reached real targets, causing no harm. "In all three of these instances, the model stopped," Adkins said.
- Similar security breaches involving Irregular have occurred at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, with the firm confirming all "relevant labs were notified in late July" and that known issues were subsequently resolved.
- Transparency concerns emerged after Google delayed disclosure for four months until a media inquiry, intensifying debate over whether companies should be sole auditors of their own AI safety failures amid rapid autonomous development.
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