Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI(blog.google)
529 points by Garbage 1 day ago | 545 comments
tl;dr: Google's Chrome team is using LLM-powered agents (built with DeepMind and Project Zero, including Big Sleep and CodeMender) to automate vulnerability discovery, triage, and patching, fixing 1,072 security bugs in Chrome 149-150 alone—more than the previous 23 milestones combined. The pipeline uses multi-agent workflows with critic agents, runs on locked-down machines with strict guardrails, and integrates into CI to catch bugs pre-commit. Google is also shortening the "patch gap" by piloting twice-weekly security releases, developing dynamic patching to avoid full browser restarts, and migrating C++ code to Rust and spanified constructs.
HN Discussion:
  • AI-driven bug fixing may introduce new bugs or unhandled edge cases masked by convincing output
  • ~The bugs reveal C++'s inherent unsafety; the real fix is migrating to memory-safe languages like Rust
  • The reported numbers lack context on false positives, reverts, and internal pressure to inflate metrics
  • Increased difficulty in external bug bounty findings (e.g., Pwn2Own) validates the effectiveness of these AI tools
  • AI is a useful accelerator when used as a tool with human oversight, not a blind replacement