Google says its internal AI tools helped the company patch more security flaws in Chrome during June than it fixed over the previous two years combined. The claim, announced Thursday, points to a sharp jump in how quickly the company can uncover and address problems in its browser.
The development adds to a broader trend in software security, where large language models and other AI systems are being used to find bugs at a much faster pace. As companies apply these tools to products used by millions of people, they are reporting far more issues than traditional methods uncovered on their own.
Experts have been warning for the past two years that this shift could lead to an exponential increase in detected bugs. Microsoft has also been cited in that conversation, and Google now appears to be seeing a similar effect as AI-assisted workflows expand across security and engineering teams.
For Chrome, the takeaway is that AI is becoming a major part of how vulnerabilities are discovered and patched. While the higher number of found flaws may sound alarming at first, Google is framing it as evidence that AI can speed up security work and help close gaps more quickly.
