Tags: CodeMender

At its I/O conference on May 19, 2026, Google announced that its CodeMender AI agent for code security is moving beyond internal testing and will be offered to external developers and enterprises. The move comes as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model sparked a wave of interest in AI‑driven security solutions. Google’s DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu described CodeMender as a way to “help secure the world’s code bases,” while CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is ready to match the capabilities demonstrated by Anthropic’s latest offering. Weiterlesen

Google announced a new bug bounty program focused on its AI products, defining AI bugs as issues that use large language models or generative AI to cause harm or exploit security gaps. The program rewards researchers for uncovering rogue actions such as prompt‑injection attacks that could unlock a Google Home device or exfiltrate email data. Since its inception two years ago, participants have earned over $430,000. Alongside the bounty, Google introduced CodeMender, an AI‑driven agent that has already patched 72 security fixes in open‑source projects after human review. Weiterlesen