The vulnerabilities AI finds are the ones attackers want

Attackers exploited a flaw found by an AI research agent within four days of its public disclosure, and they are exploiting more vulnerabilities overall, according to new research by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The researchers examined vulnerability disclosure and exploitation data from January 2025 to August 2026. Disclosures doubled, exploitation stays rare Monthly CVE disclosures doubled in 2026, from 5,045 in January to 10,740 in August.