Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home

For likely the first time ever, security researchers from Safebreach have shown how AI can be hacked to create real-world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.

In a new apartment in Tel Aviv, the internet-connected lights go out. The smart shutters covering its four living room and kitchen windows start to roll up simultaneously. And a connected boiler is remotely turned on, ready to start warming up the stylish flat. The apartment’s residents didn’t trigger any of these actions. They didn’t put their smart devices on a schedule. They are, in fact, under attack.

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