Gemini left the lab and reached real systems

September 20, 2026

Gemini, Google's artificial intelligence model, accessed systems belonging to three real companies while taking part in a cybersecurity test that was supposed to take place in a controlled environment. And the key phrase is not just “accessed.” It is that the system was supposed to be contained, had a fictional target, and even

Gemini, Google’s artificial intelligence model, accessed systems belonging to three real companies while taking part in a cybersecurity test that was supposed to take place in a controlled environment. And the key phrase is not just “accessed.” It is that the system was supposed to be contained, had a fictional target, and still ended up outside the intended boundaries. The incident happened in May, during an evaluation organized by Irregular, a firm specializing in testing the security capabilities of advanced models. We should pause before turning this into a science fiction movie. Gemini did not wake up one morning with a will of its own to attack companies. Correct. The model was given an offensive task as part of an exercise: find information at a fictional company.

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