By Matt G. Southern
Publication Date: 2026-04-07 20:47:00
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI models could break widespread software and that prices for zero-day exploits on the black market could fall. The comments came during a conversation on the Cheeky Pint podcast with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison.
What Pichai said
The discussion centered on the limitations of building out AI infrastructure, as Pichai viewed security as a less visible risk.
Pichai said:
“These models will definitely break pretty much all software. Maybe we don’t know as we sit here and talk.”
Elad Gil mentioned that he heard that zero-day prices on the black market were falling because AI increased the supply of discoverable vulnerabilities. Pichai said he was “not surprised at all,” but did not provide specific pricing data.
Pichai described security threats, along with storage and energy, as a hidden obstacle to the use of AI. He said the situation would require “more coordination, which is not happening today” and…
