Google AI Uncovers 13-Year-Old Chrome Flaw Amid Record Patching Pace

Google has significantly increased its use of AI, specifically a Gemini-powered agent harness, to identify and patch security vulnerabilities in Chrome at a dramatically accelerated rate. This initiative led to the discovery of a 13-year-old sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2026-3545) and has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of security fixes released. Google is now piloting a twice-weekly Chrome security release cadence and is actively working to transition Chrome’s codebase to memory-safe languages like Rust to proactively address security issues and reduce the patch gap.