{"id":105771,"date":"2025-10-06T21:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/105771\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:59:12","slug":"googles-ai-bounty-program-pays-bug-hunters-up-to-30k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/105771\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s AI bounty program pays bug hunters up to $30K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">On Monday, Google launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/bughunters.google.com\/blog\/6116887259840512\/announcing-google-s-new-ai-vulnerability-reward-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reward program<\/a> dedicated specifically to finding bugs in AI products. Google\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/bughunters.google.com\/about\/rules\/google-friends\/5222232590712832\/ai-vulnerability-reward-program-rules#qualifying-vulnerabilities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">qualifying bugs<\/a> includes examples of the kind of rogue actions it\u2019s looking for, like indirectly injecting an AI prompt that causes Google Home to unlock a door, or a data exfiltration prompt injection that summarizes all of someone\u2019s email and sends the summary to the attacker\u2019s own account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The new program clarifies what constitutes an AI bug, breaking them down as issues that use a large language model or a generative AI system to cause harm or take advantage of a security loophole, with rogue actions at the top of the list. This includes modifying someone\u2019s account or data to impede their security or do something unwanted, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/smart-home\/719874\/invitation-is-all-you-need-ai-smart-home-exploit-attack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one flaw exposed previously<\/a> that could open smart shutters and turn off the lights using a poisoned Google Calendar event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Simply getting Gemini to hallucinate will not cut it. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/safety-security\/ai-security-frontier-strategy-tools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The company says<\/a> that issues <a href=\"https:\/\/bughunters.google.com\/about\/rules\/google-friends\/5222232590712832\/ai-vulnerability-reward-program-rules#non-qualifying-vulnerabilities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">related to content<\/a> produced by AI products \u2014 such as generating hate speech or copyright-infringing content \u2014 should be reported to the feedback channel within the product itself. According to Google, that way its AI safety teams can \u201cdiagnose the model\u2019s behavior and implement the necessary long-term, model-wide safety training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Along with the new AI reward program, Google also announced on Monday an AI agent that patches vulnerable code called <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/discover\/blog\/introducing-codemender-an-ai-agent-for-code-security\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CodeMender<\/a>. The company says it has used to patch \u201c72 security fixes to open source projects\u201d after vetting by a human researcher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The $20,000 prize is awarded for rooting out rogue actions on Google\u2019s \u201cflagship\u201d products Search, Gemini Apps, and core Workspace applications like Gmail and Drive. Multipliers for report quality and a <a href=\"https:\/\/bughunters.google.com\/blog\/5253726944165888\/level-up-your-reports-introducing-our-updated-report-quality-framework#rewarding-innovation-the-new-novelty-bonus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">novelty bonus<\/a> are also available, which could bring the total amount up to $30,000. The price drops for bugs found on Google\u2019s other products, like Jules or NotebookLM, and for lower-tier abuses, such as stealing secret model parameters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, Google launched a new reward program dedicated specifically to finding bugs in AI products. 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