Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
The Google Chrome security team is significantly increasing its patch frequency to twice a week due to a surge in vulnerability discoveries. This spike is largely attributed to the integration of AI tools into their internal security workflows.
In a report published Thursday, the Chrome security team says the browser's two major version releases in June included fixes for 1,072 security bugs—more patches than the team shipped in the prior 23 big releases combined. And though many of these bugs come from researcher submissions, the spike has largely been driven by the Chrome security team’s rapidly evolving internal process for using AI tools in vulnerability discovery, triage, and patch development.
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