Gmail AI summary misinterprets phishing email as USPTO appointment

# Gmail AI summary misinterprets phishing email as USPTO appointment

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/gmail-ai-summary-misinterprets-phishing-email-as-uspto-appoi · AIR-2026-1907 · live

- Lane: Research
- Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept): Demonstrated AI summary misinterpretation of phishing content.
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2026-11-11
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Gmail AI summary

## Summary

An AI summarization feature in an email client misparsed a phishing message, presenting it as a legitimate official appointment. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in AI email parsing where untrusted input manipulates summary output.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Affected and fixed versions

- Affected: Gmail AI summary

## Latest updates

- 2026-11-11: Gmail's AI summary presented a phishing email as a USPTO appointment (https://projectsapiens.ai/images/gmail-phishing/gmail-ai-phishing-redacted.png)

## Sources

- 2026-11-11 projectsapiens.ai: Gmail's AI summary presented a phishing email as a USPTO appointment https://projectsapiens.ai/images/gmail-phishing/gmail-ai-phishing-redacted.png

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