Google fixed 1072 Chrome bugs in June, more than the last 2 years combined
google used gemini llms to fix 1,072 chrome bugs in june, surpassing the total from the previous two years. this validates predictions that ai has industrialized vulnerability discovery.
google credited its gemini models for fixing 1,072 security bugs in june's two chrome milestones, a total exceeding the combined fixes of the previous 23 versions. engineering director doug turner stated that llms have fundamentally changed cybersecurity economics, enabling the team to preemptively fix vulnerabilities faster than adversaries. this data validates expert warnings about an exponential rise in bugs discoverable by ai systems. microsoft reported a similar surge with 570 patches this month, while apple's counts remain linear. the industry is now forced to adopt ai for defense to keep pace with automated exploitation tools.