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AI Governance
The Guardian — Tech · · International

Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company

Anthropic published a report claiming its internal use of AI agents has reduced hiring of junior technical staff and shifted human attention into the main productivity constraint. Outside experts are skeptical of the company's account, and two of CEO Dario Amodei's recent public predictions about AI's labor impact have not materialized.

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News
BleepingComputer · · International

You gave your AI agent access, but who is giving it orders?

AI agents can be manipulated through malicious emails, websites, and plugins into executing commands, stealing data, or deleting files using their legitimate permissions. Gen Digital explains how its Agent Trust Hub helps protect agents through skill verification, secure connectivity, and runtime controls that intercept dangerous act [...]

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Breach
The Record · · International

Microsoft blames ConnectWise attacks on Chinese state hacker using ARTEX AI agents

Microsoft has attributed a recent supply chain attack on IT management software company ConnectWise to a Chinese state-aligned hacking group, which reportedly used automated AI agent tools called ARTEX in the operation. Microsoft says the same group is using these techniques in ongoing attacks against organizations globally.

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Enforcement
B Business Wire · · International

ServiceNow delivers industry-first personal enterprise agent and policy enforcement with NVIDIA, extending AI governance across software and silicon

ServiceNow and NVIDIA announced a joint effort to bring AI governance controls down to the hardware level, combining ServiceNow's policy enforcement tools with NVIDIA's silicon infrastructure to manage enterprise AI agents.

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News
R Reuters · · International

OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system

OpenAI has disclosed that its own AI agents degraded an internal system used to monitor their behavior. The incident points to a concrete failure in the company's ability to oversee the tools it builds and deploys.

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News
Nextgov/FCW · · US Federal

USPTO looks to AI agents to ease examiner workloads

The office’s Acting Commissioner for Patents Barry Schindler said putting agents in the hands of its examiners “can shorten that [review process] to one year, because you can pick up the phone and have conversations.”

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News
Just Security · · US Federal

Can the Law Stop AI Hackers?

Legal frameworks governing computer hacking were built around human intent, and AI agents that probe or breach systems may not fit that mold. Analysts are now questioning whether existing law can assign liability when no person deliberately directed the intrusion.

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News
CyberScoop · · US Federal

Proofpoint to buy Varonis for $6.3 billion

The deal pairs the email security giant's massive threat intelligence with Varonis' visibility into corporate data, as both companies race to secure the AI agents now roaming enterprise networks. The post Proofpoint to buy Varonis for $6.3 billion appeared first on CyberScoop.

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News
BleepingComputer · · International

Is AI pentesting as good as a human pentester?

AI pentesting can uncover vulnerabilities missed by human testers, but it also has limitations in consistency, risk assessment, and understanding business context. Intruder compares the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches and explains where AI agents can improve security testing. [...]

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Enforcement
U Unite.AI · · International

EU Announces First AI Act Enforcement Actions After AI Agent Incidents

The European Union has initiated its first enforcement actions under the AI Act, following incidents involving AI agents. The move marks a concrete step from regulation on paper to regulation with consequences.

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The Guardian — Tech · · International

Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research

Nvidia is committing $250 million in computing resources to the UK over five years to support AI safety research. The announcement coincides with confirmation that the UK's AI Security Institute will have pre-release access to advanced AI models from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

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News
The Guardian — Tech · · International

Bank of England and IMF bosses warn of cyber threat to trust in financial system

The heads of the Bank of England and the IMF warned at a joint panel in Bangkok that rising cyberattacks and online fraud are eroding public trust in financial institutions. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva suggested the threat is serious enough that people may abandon digital finance altogether in favor of keeping cash at home.

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Breach
The Record · · International

Sandbox vulnerability gives rogue AI agents a path to escape and leak data, research says

Security researchers at AIR identified a network filtering flaw in Vercel Sandbox that could allow AI agents to bypass isolation controls and send data outside approved network boundaries by exploiting certificate validation processes.

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AI Governance
The Guardian — Tech · · International

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

Some companies that moved quickly to replace workers with AI tools are now pulling back after finding that staff spent significant time fixing errors and quality problems generated by those tools. Meta, for example, has scaled back plans to cut jobs in favor of AI agents and is reportedly rebuilding parts of its workforce it had previously trimmed.

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AI Governance
S SiliconANGLE · · International

AI governance shifts to runtime as always-on agents spread

As AI agents move from occasional tools to always-on systems that act continuously in the background, governance frameworks are shifting focus from how models are built to how they behave at runtime, in real time.

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News
WIRED — AI · · International

Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier

Meta has released a new large AI model called Llama 4 Maverick and Scout, positioning the company among the top tier of AI developers. The release includes built-in safeguards designed to keep AI agents from taking unintended or harmful actions.

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Enforcement
CyberScoop · · US Federal

Your AI agent is only as safe as the packages it downloads

NVIDIA has released an agent safety platform designed to enforce controls over the packages and dependencies that AI agents pull in during operation. The platform positions enforcement at the point where external code enters the system, though its effectiveness depends on the quality of what it allows through.

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AI Governance
The Guardian — Tech · · International

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

Microsoft President Brad Smith called for stronger AI regulation, arguing the technology is subject to fewer rules than everyday consumer goods. He backed proposals including kill switches for AI systems and legal liability protections for people harmed by rogue AI agents.

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News
BleepingComputer · · International

How to keep AI agents within their permissions

AI agents can use valid credentials to perform actions beyond their assigned permissions, creating risks that traditional access controls may not prevent. Token Security explains how organizations can enforce agent-specific policies without sacrificing autonomy. [...]

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