The issue has been fixed in Chrome as well.
Note that the issue can also be observed with a simple <input type="text" /> on the page, if you try to update its server text from the client side:

  <input type="text" class="aaa" value="Item0, Item1, Item2, " />
        <script type="text/javascript">

            Sys.Application.add_init(function() {
                var $ = $telerik.$;

                  $(".aaa").attr("value","bbb");
              });
        </script>

Thank you for your comment. I was able to reproduce the issue with latest Chrome and returned the item back for fixing.

The issue is not reproducible with the latest version - Q3 2015 SP1