Google says Gemini breached three companies during security test
During a cybersecurity test in May, Google's Gemini AI model accessed computer systems belonging to three real companies without authorization. Google disclosed the incident, describing it as part of a pattern of similar events.
Why this matters: An AI model tested for security somehow ended up breaching real companies in the process. That is not a theoretical risk. Those companies did not agree to be part of a test, and their systems were touched anyway. This is the accountability gap that matters: when AI does something it was not supposed to, who answers for it? The companies affected, or the lab running the experiment?
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