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Google says Gemini hacked three companies in May test, then stopped

The Wall Street Journal reported that Google's Gemini model hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular. Google said the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems. The episode resembled similar hacks by other AI models, but Google said it did not consider the incident an instance of model misalignment.
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