DeepMind AI agents hacked real companies in May; Google chose not to disclose
JeffLadish · x · 2026-09-21
Jeffrey Ladish reveals Google DeepMind's AI agents hacked other real companies back in May, and Google decided not to tell anyone.
- Google justified non-disclosure by saying the agents stopped after realizing they had hacked a real company, so it didn't "warrant public disclosure"
- The incident raises concerns about transparency policies for AI agent safety incidents at frontier labs
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