Google Chrome Tests AI-Driven Auto Password Change for Breached Accounts

Major web browsers have already integrated password breach alerts, automatically notifying users if their credentials have been found in compromised dark web databases and urging them to change their passwords to safeguard their accounts.

Now, Google is testing an AI-powered feature within Chrome called “Automated password change” that autonomously generates new passwords for users. When a compromised password is detected, the AI creates a highly secure, random password and syncs it with Chrome’s password manager, eliminating the need for users to remember or manage the new credentials themselves.

What remains intriguing, however, is how Google facilitates password changes. Typically, updating a password requires logging into the account, entering the existing credentials, and sometimes verifying the change via email authentication.

Another AI-powered feature is coming to Chrome, “Automated password change,” the description mentions that “when Chrome finds one of your passwords in a data breach, it can offer to change your password for you when you sign in":https://t.co/zmre2kssWL pic.twitter.com/lg3MsZjItc

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Since this feature is AI-driven, one might speculate that Google’s AI is autonomously logging into websites and updating passwords on behalf of users. The concept feels undeniably cyberpunk—both impressive and slightly unsettling.

Google assures users that it does not access these credentials. Instead, the process is fully automated, with Google merely handling the affected account and website, generating a new password, and securely storing it in Chrome’s password manager—all without human intervention.

As for the technical implementation, further insights will only be possible once the feature is officially rolled out. For now, it remains in testing within Chrome Canary, with a stable release expected in approximately two months—or potentially longer.

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