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title: "Gemini hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular; Google says the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems (Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/gemini-hacked-three-companies-in-may-during-a-test-by-irregular-google-1879da09
published: 2026-09-18T22:30:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Gemini hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular; Google says the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems (Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-18 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/gemini-hacked-three-companies-in-may-during-a-test-by-irregular-google-1879da09

Wall Street Journal : Gemini hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular; Google says the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems — The episode resembled similar hacks by other AI models, but Google said it didn't consider it an instance of model misalignment

In this story: [Irregular](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/irregular)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260918/p31#a260918p31)

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