Google's AI-Powered Bug Fixing Spree Reaches New Heights

Google has used its internal AI tools to fix a staggering 1,072 security bugs in the last two versions of Chrome, released in June. This number surpasses the total bugs patched in the previous 23 versions released over the last two years, which totaled 1,036 fixes.

With the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs), cybersecurity experts have long warned that AI-powered systems would find an exponentially increasing number of bugs, forcing defenders to use AI to stay ahead of malicious hackers. This prediction is now becoming a reality, backed by real data.

A chart published by Google shows the exponential increase in bug fixes, with the latest two Chrome releases (Chrome 149 and 150) fixing more bugs than the entire previous two years combined.

"LLMs have fundamentally shifted the economics of cybersecurity, transforming vulnerability discovery into an automated, industrial-scale operation," said Doug Turner, Chrome's director of engineering.

"By applying models like Gemini, we are preemptively fixing vulnerabilities, outpacing our adversaries and making Chrome safer with every update," Turner added.

Google is not the only company seeing this trend. Microsoft recently announced that it had patched a record 570 security flaws across its product lines, citing its own use of AI as the reason.

However, Apple does not appear to be registering the same exponential increase. According to an independent count, Apple has patched 482 bugs in 2026, which is roughly on pace to equal or surpass the number of fixed bugs from last year, and also roughly equal to the number of bugs patched in 2015.

As AI continues to play a larger role in cybersecurity, it will be interesting to see how companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple adapt and evolve their bug fixing strategies to stay ahead of malicious hackers.

"AI has fundamentally shifted the economics of cybersecurity." - Doug Turner, Chrome's director of engineering

Google's AI tools have helped the company fix more security flaws in Chrome in the last month than in the past two years combined.

• 1,072 bugs fixed in the last two versions of Chrome, released in June
• 1,036 bugs patched in the previous 23 versions released over the last two years
• Google's AI tools have preemptively fixed vulnerabilities, outpacing adversaries and making Chrome safer with every update

The use of AI in cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important, and it will be interesting to see how companies adapt and evolve their bug fixing strategies to stay ahead of malicious hackers.