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Google says AI helped Chrome fix 1,072 security bugs in two releases

In a report released Thursday, Chrome's vice president and general manager Parisa Tabriz and director of engineering Doug Turner detailed AI-powered vulnerability discovery efforts as Google pilots twice-weekly security releases.
AI-Powered tools have enabled a massive spike in vulnerability discoveries, driving Google to fix 1,072 security bugs in the last two milestones, surpassing the total from the prior 23 releases combined.
To address this surge, Chrome will shift to a two-week release cycle starting September with Chrome 153, while piloting two security updates per week to stay ahead of AI-powered attacks.
Frequent updates require more browser restarts, so Google is developing "dynamic patching" to replace background processes "on the fly," eliminating the need to restart Chrome entirely.
Chrome security leaders Tabriz and Turner emphasize rewriting portions of code in "memory safe" Rust to eliminate entire categories of bugs, not just patch individual vulnerabilities long-term.

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