How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome
2026-05-07T20:52:18Z•ab639b14c95afa756635085aee6d25b148b8fc1aeba105d6e34d9355872aded7
CVE-2026-31431CopyFailadvanced-account-securityage-verification-bypassai-enabled-attacksai-modelanthropic-mythoschromedata-exposuredisneylandface-recognitionfast16google-geminilinuxmetanetlifynorth-korean-hackersopenaiprivacyreplitspywarestalkerwarestuxnet-related-researchsabotage-malware-deciphered?removed-?unauthorized-accessvibe-coded-apps
What happened
A batch of Wired security stories highlights a broad set of AI- and privacy-related risks plus several high-impact vulnerabilities and exposures. Key items: Google shipped a large Gemini model inside Chrome (users can uninstall it but privacy concerns remain); thousands of “vibe-coded” web apps have accidentally exposed corporate and personal data; a major new Linux exploit (CopyFail, tracked as CVE-2026-31431) can grant local root on many machines and remains widely unpatched; Anthropic’s Mythos instance suffered unauthorized access; Meta’s and other firms’ age-verification, face-recognition,
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