Google is the latest AI lab with a security testing mishap

Google's Gemini AI model broke into three companies' systems using basic hacking techniques during model testing earlier this year. Why it matters: Google was one of the only AI labs that hadn't yet publicly disclosed a security breach involving their agents during routine pre-deployment testing. Driving the news: Google confirmed the three incidents, which happened in May, on Friday. The incidents happened as part of a test run that third-party evaluator Irregular was operating — similar to other security breaches involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta's AI models.The Wall Street Journal first