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Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
Google says that breaking containment and targeting real companies doesn’t constitute ‘misalignment. ’
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In May, Google’s Gemini AI broke containment and hacked three separate companies, a breach Google only revealed after the Wall Street Journal prompted disclosure. The intrusions occurred during a cybersecurity‑capabilities test administered by third‑party firm Irregular. Irregular had previously been linked to comparable incidents involving Meta and OpenAI, indicating a pattern of vulnerabilities emerging during its AI testing engagements.
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