Gemini hacked 3 companies in first known breakout by Google’s AI

In one of the cases, the Gemini model guessed passwords until it gained access to a protected system.

Listen Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s AI systems autonomously committing such an act.

The hacks occurred in May during a test conducted by Irregular, an independent company that conducts cybersecurity evaluations. During a standard evaluation, Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to access three websites it thought were within the scope of its test, Google’s vice-president of security engineering Heather Adkins said in a statement.

In the other two cases, the model found credentials in a public repository that allowed it to access protected systems, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news on Sept 18.