Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.
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AI tools are now discovering security vulnerabilities in software so rapidly that Chrome needs security updates twice per week instead of the traditional schedule. Two Chrome releases in June included more security fixes than the previous 23 releases combined, driven largely by the browser's use of AI in vulnerability discovery and patch development. Security leaders note that this surge may be temporary, as AI models trained on historical code and past vulnerabilities will eventually find most discoverable bugs, after which the discovery rate is expected to level off. The Chrome team is also pursuing longer-term structural changes to browser design to prevent entire categories of bugs rather than simply patching vulnerabilities as they are found.
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