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XBOW says GPT-5.6 Sol helped build a $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days

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Greg Brockman says XBOW, using GPT-5.6 Sol, built a full-chain Chrome exploit in six days for about $40,000 of compute.

Google awarded a $250,000 bounty for the exploit, the first under its 2026 rules. Brockman says the exploit could affect about 1 billion Chrome users on Windows.

Brockman says defenders should test their own code first. XBOW is developing an autonomous product for testing compiled software.

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    XBOW says GPT-5.6 Sol helped build a $250,000 Chrome exploit in 6 days

    AIGreg Brockman says XBOW, using GPT-5.6 Sol, built a full-chain Chrome exploit in 6 days for about $40,000 of compute. Google awarded a $250,000 bounty, the first under its 2026 rules, for the exploit, which the post says could affect about 1 billion Chrome users on Windows. Brockman says defenders should test their own code first, and XBOW is developing an autonomous product for testing compiled software.

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