Thought for the week: Five Eyes call to action for business leaders on AI-driven cyber risk

AI agents are not your “coworkers”

A commentary challenges the growing corporate practice of assigning human names and workplace identities to AI agents, arguing the framing obscures the true nature of these systems as tools rather than colleagues.

Why this matters: Anthropomorphizing AI systems can erode users' awareness of how their interactions are logged, processed, and retained — making it harder for individuals to recognize when they are engaging with a data-collecting system rather than a human peer.

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Poll finds bipartisan support for tighter AI regulation

Poll finds bipartisan support for tighter AI regulation  The Hill

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Agent confidence on the technical frontier

Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mounts, executives and technology leaders are looking to agentic AI to drive the measurable financial outcomes their businesses seek. A prime opportunity for AI agents…

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Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026

Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chip manufacturers, whose profits have soared during 2026, at the expense of some large software companies, which have fallen out of favour this year. Continue reading...

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Agentic AI Has an Identity Problem and Attackers Know It

AI agents can access data, trigger workflows, and take action across enterprise systems. Token Security explains why governing these privileged identities is becoming essential for enterprise security. [...]

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Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths

Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavements Large numbers of autonomous delivery robots could be coming to towns and cities across England after ministers signalled they were likely to support a change in the law allowing their use, prompting concern from safety campaigners. Low-speed robots, which mainly deliver groceries or takeaway food, are already in use in a handful of places but they operate in a regulatory grey area. The 1835 Highways Act bans “carriages” from pavements. Continue reading...

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