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This high-severity Chrome Gemini vulnerability lets malicious extensions spy on your PC

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Researchers found a high-severity bug in Chrome's Gemini feature.

It grants extensions the ability to spy on you or steal your data.

Update now.

A new vulnerability impacting Google Chrome's Gemini agentic AI feature has been disclosed -- patch now to stay protected.

Also: AI agents are fast, loose, and out of control, MIT study finds

Disclosed by senior principal security researcher Gal Weizman from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 team, the browser vulnerability affects Google Chrome's Gemini AI feature, an artificial intelligence (AI) agentic browser assistant.

The vulnerability, explained

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