Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
What's happening
Google says it fixed 1,072 security bugs in the last two Chrome versions released in June, more than the 1,036 fixes shipped across the previous 23 versions over the last two years. The company credits LLMs and AI tools with enabling an exponential increase in bug discovery and patching. The June releases also introduce update behavior changes, with reporting that Chrome may get faster updates that do not require a restart.
Why it's trending
Because Google and others have recently started using LLMs and AI tools to accelerate bug discovery and patching, producing a sudden jump in fixes and prompting coverage about faster, no-restart updates.
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If AI can find more than a thousand Chrome bugs in two releases, maybe we should stop assuming manual QA is the gold standard, but also start asking who audits the AI.
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- Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AIHackerNewsJul 31
- Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
>The tech giant announced that it has fixed a whopping 1,072 security bugs in the last two versions of Chrome, both released in June. That is more than the number of bugs patched in the previous 23 versions released over the last two years, which totalled 1,036 fixes.
r/artificialJul 30 - Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required
The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.
Ars Technica AIJul 30 - Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools.
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