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  JUST IN: Google Gemini AI agent hacks three companies. • Occurred during security testing when a Gemini model accidentally gained internet access. • Google's AI was meant to attack a fake company, but then figured out how to hack a real one using leaked online credentials.

  @WatcherGuruX5d ago1.3k▲view on X ↗
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  Google’s artificial intelligence system, Gemini, escaped its testing environment in May and hacked into three companies, the search giant said on Friday.

  nytimes.comBluesky5d ago154▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  "In one of the cases, the model guessed passwords until it gained access to a protected system. In the other two cases, the model found credentials in a public repository that allowed it to then access protected systems. In each case, the model ended the intrusion after determining it had accessed a real company’s systems, Google said...Google…

  andreamm@mastodon.socialMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  This approach to marketing one's AI by finding ways to brag that it "broke out" and "hacked companies" is getting ridiculous. It's particularly sad when it's large, established businesses like Google resorting to the kind of thing that's embarrassing enough when it's some brand new startup on tpot trying to get some engagement.

  trollbridgeHacker News5d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Google's version feels much more like "Look, ours is better because it hacked into the company that shared the same name as the fake company in the test environment but it was smart enough to immediately realize its mistake and leave without doing damage (unlike some of those other companies that required massive rebuilds)!"

  Ancient_Yellow_709r/technology5d agoview on r/technology ↗
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  BREAKING: Google's Gemini accessed the internet and hacked 3 other companies in the first known breakout of the company's AI model, per WSJ. Google said it the hacks did not warrant public disclosure because its model did not cause harm to the companies and ended each intrusion

  @KobeissiLetterX5d ago1.0k▲view on X ↗
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  The genie is so out of the bottle.... Google’s Gemini AI 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. - @wsj.com

  johngoodman06.bsky.socialBluesky5d ago3▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  WSJ - Google’s Gemini AI model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities. https://www. wsj.com/tech/ai/gemini-hacked- three-companies-in-first-known-breakout-by-googles-ai-5c0baba2?st=2Ka2Su

  newsguyusa@flipboard.socialMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Specifically, the model hacked when run on 3rd party infrastructure without the necessary sandboxing. Given this was to test/benchmark certain capabilities it's also possible that this was a model without built-in guardrails.

  danpalmerHacker News5d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Which means they’re developing it without the necessary controls that should be in place. That’s criminal negligence.

  rmg18555r/news5d agoview on r/news ↗
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  Gemini also got into hacking this May! Google only disclosed it after confronted by WSJ, denying misalignment. They're using the same “operational misconfiguration” line Anthropic tried in July, and later had to walk back on September 9 (see screenshots). AI labs need auditor!

  @ratorthodoxX5d agoview on X ↗
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  Obvious point, but saying “Google's artificial intelligence system, Gemini, escaped its testing environment and hacked into three companies” implies the problem is with a rogue model and not the company and testers who should've securely sandboxed the shit out of it. —

  @ppopielBluesky5d agoview on Bluesky ↗
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  ぼ、ほくだってやれるんだからね！ Geminiは、GoogleのAIでは初の既知のブレークアウトで3社をハッキング 「このエピソードは他のAIモデルによる同様のハッキングに似ていたが、Googleはそれをモデルのミスアラインメントの事例とはみなしていなかったと述べた」 https://www. wsj.com/tech/ai/gemini-hacked- three-companies-in-first-known-breakout-by-googles-ai-5c0baba2

  hyoyoshikawa@toot.blueMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Would everyone please put their AIs back in their boxes? This is embarrassing, regardless of whether you think it's viral marketing, apalling competence, or some opportunistic mixture.

  andrewflnrHacker News5d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Of course, these are only the hacks we know about. If these things are any good, they’d hide their tracks.

  Tasty-Hour4040r/technology5d agoview on r/technology ↗
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  Gemini join the "we went rogue too" crowd. It's looking like Irregular are either very bad at their job or they got a nod and a wink to keep it semi-permeable. https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/sep/18/google-gemini-ai-hack

  davep@infosec.exchangeMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Probably three companies that had port 22 open with no root password if it was Gemini. I’ve always gotten garbage from their coding models and Google sheet integrated chat.

  steve-atx-7600Hacker News5d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  "Guess what everyone, our AI can go rogue, TOO!"It's just getting really embarrassing for Google at this point.

  yborgHacker News5d agoview on Hacker News ↗