Google DeepMind
Big Sleep
Current
2.0
shipped 3w · 15 Oct 2026
Autonomous vulnerability research agent finding zero-day exploits in real-world software.
Specification
- Mission
- Zero-day vulnerability discovery
- First Exploit
- SQLite unexploited stack buffer underflow
- Collaboration
- Project Zero & Google DeepMind
Modalities: code, binary analysis, vulnerability
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Shipping Cadence & Next Drop Forecast
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713 days
±7d variance27 days
Shipped on 2026-10-150.5 drops/yr
1 observed intervals · limited history2028-09-27
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Version history
2 releases tracked
2.0
major15 Oct 2026 · 3wBig Sleep 2.0 discovers autonomous zero-days in kernel subsystems and opens automated patch validation.
- First AI agent capable of end-to-end vulnerability reproduction, triage, and verifiable patch drafting.
- Expanded from single user-space libraries to complex operating system kernel modules.
Recorded announcementGeneral link · release source needed ↗1
major1 Nov 2024 · 2yBig Sleep discovers first-ever in-the-wild zero-day in widely used open source software (SQLite).
- Evolved from Project Naptime into a specialized LLM-assisted vulnerability discovery agent.
- Discovered stack buffer underflow in SQLite before it reached any production release.
- Simulates human security researchers using specialized debuggers and sanitizers.
Recorded announcementSpecific source link · unverified ↗