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Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw

NY Times · May 11, 2026, 1:00 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said.

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