Google's own tracker counts the breakthroughs: zero.
“Threat groups are using AI models to develop new exploits and gain entry into corporate networks through new techniques, dragging defenders into an AI-based arms race”
Google Threat Intelligence Group and Accenture (Black Hat USA media briefing), 12 August 2026
Recorded 13 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.
adversaries increasingly leverage these tools as expert-level force multipliers for vulnerability research and exploit development, including for zero-day vulnerabilities
An AI model was likely used to identify a zero-day vulnerability and weaponize it to exploit bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) protections on a popular open-source, web-based system administration tool.
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