Google’s Chrome team is piloting twice-weekly security fixes because AI-assisted bug hunting is producing vulnerabilities faster than before, WIRED reports. Chrome’s two major June releases fixed 1,072 security bugs, more than the prior 23 major releases combined.
Chrome has used machine learning for vulnerability discovery and fuzz testing for years, but Google executives told WIRED that 2026 feels like an inflection point. New models are helping researchers find, triage, and patch bugs at higher volume.
The browser is already moving toward major releases every two weeks with additional weekly security updates. For now, the team is testing an even faster cadence to handle the backlog of fixes.
The shift cuts both ways. AI can help defenders find flaws earlier, but it also changes expectations for patching speed across critical software. Mature projects may eventually exhaust many of the bugs AI tools can easily find, but the near-term result is a much faster security treadmill.