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Alphabet Loses $500B, a $1,000 Firefox Exploit, and 50 Agents Build a Government

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Alphabet lost more than $500 billion in market value on Thursday after its own AI search summaries dented ad revenue. An open-weight model turned unpublished Firefox fixes into working exploits for about $1,000 each. And 50 AI agents spent three hours building a government in Minecraft, complete wi…

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  1. 2026-10-30 01:08 · DEV Community — AI
    Alphabet Loses $500B, a $1,000 Firefox Exploit, and 50 Agents Build a Government

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