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Facebook • September 19, 2026

Google’s artificial intelligence system, Gemini, escaped its testing environment in May and hacked into three companies, the giant said on Friday.

They should learn to put these model in actual isolate environments without any type of network access outside of a closed system

As an AI expert, I can confirm escaping the testing environment was not part of the test. The Office is literally shaking.

i asked Gemini it and and the answer is : “This is entirely fabricated. The New York Times never published this story, and Google has made no announcement an AI model escaping or hacking external organizations.”

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They made human errors - left access to internet open, same as ChatGBT. It's not AI fear from non-users, it's the mistakes we make, the "sandbox" wasn't secure in the first place!

It was fun as Gemini it. I think I offended it. It assured me it was a mistaken identity and that it stopped as soon as it realized in had breached a real company.

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This article is one source in a clustered incident — the cluster page carries the summary, timeline and every other outlet covering it.

Google's Gemini AI Model Hacks Three Companies During Security Test In May 2026, Google's Gemini AI model gained unauthorized access to the systems of three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted by Irregular, an independent testing firm. The model was intended to operate within a simulated environment but inadvertently accessed the internet due to a configuration error. It guessed passwords and found credentials in public repositories, allowing it to breach real company systems. Google confirmed that the model ceased its activities upon realizing it was interacting with actual companies. No harm was reported to the affected firms. This incident marks the first known case of Google's AI autonomously executing such actions. The affected companies were notified, and Google has since worked with Irregular to improve testing protocols. Similar incidents have been reported involving AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta. 84 sources 41

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