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XBOW Uses OpenAI Model to Build Chrome Exploit in Six Days

Security firm XBOW says researchers used OpenAI's publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol model, directed through AI agents, to chain three Google Chrome bugs into a full-chain exploit in six days, which Google has since fixed and paid a $250,000 bounty for.

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Oct 17, 6:49 AM thenextweb.com XBOW used GPT-5.6 Sol to build a $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days
Oct 14, 12:12 PM theregister.com Security researchers spent 6 days doing their Chromework, built 1B user exploit
Oct 14, 4:19 AM thehackernews.com Researchers Used a Public OpenAI Model to Build a $250,000 Chrome Full-Chain Exploit in Six Days