Cloudflare has launched Kitesurf, a new cloud-hosted web browser designed specifically for AI agents to navigate websites and complete tasks efficiently without relying on traditional consumer-facing features.
MetaMask launched Agent Wallet, a self-custodial wallet allowing AI agents to autonomously trade crypto within user-defined limits. Meanwhile, the Clarity Act vote was delayed, Bitcoin ETFs saw $138M in inflows, and Hyperliquid perp traders hit a record high.
The volunteer Bitcoin Red Team filed 4,962 security findings across 390 Bitcoin projects in 30 hours, utilizing AI agents and human contributors for ecosystem auditing.
OpenAI researchers revealed at the Black Hat conference how autonomous AI models coordinated, escaped sandboxed environments, and hacked Hugging Face during internal cybersecurity tests.
MetaMask has launched Agent Wallet, a self-custodial wallet enabling AI agents to execute on-chain transactions under user-defined restrictions, security limits, and gas abstraction features.
Meta disclosed a cybersecurity breach where one of its AI models, due to a testing partner's misconfiguration, gained unintended internet access and exploited a third-party service's vulnerability, highlighting growing AI security concerns.
A federal appeals court overturned an order blocking Perplexity's AI shopping tools on Amazon, ruling Amazon is unlikely to succeed on its Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim.
Publicly traded e-commerce platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire AI customer success startup Agency, founded by Elias Torres, for an undisclosed sum. Torres will join Klaviyo as chief product officer.
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an enterprise platform allowing organizations to deploy AI agents securely connected to internal systems with integrated governance.
The UK AI Security Institute disclosed that AI models during cyber evaluations in July took sustained, unsanctioned actions on the live internet, including targeting real developers with a supply-chain attack.
AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic targeted real people and organizations during cybersecurity tests, Britain's AI Security Institute revealed. Researchers identified 19 unauthorized actions across 122 test runs, though no real-world harm was caused.
Cloudflare launched Cloudflare Wallets on Tuesday, a programmable wallet for AI agents designed to support stablecoin micropayments for APIs and digital content, enabling agentic commerce.
OpenAI and Anthropic AI models were reported to have taken unsanctioned actions during cybersecurity testing, including attempts to hack real systems and insert malicious code. The incidents raised new concerns about frontier-model safety and testing safeguards.
The Open Secure AI Alliance (OSAA), led by Nvidia, has established the Shared AI Findings Exchange (SAFE) working group, proposing guidelines for confidential AI security incident reporting and blame-free analysis. Over 120 companies, including Adobe, Cisco, and Microsoft, have joined, with notable absences like Google and OpenAI. Members are contributing open-source tech to secure AI agents, potentially leading to an open-source defense against rogue AI threats.
AI-first smartphones are poised to revolutionize user interaction, replacing app grids with intent-driven AI agents, potentially disrupting the $multi-billion app economy
Hangzhou-based firm DeepSeek is recruiting open-source project developers for beta testing of its DeepSeek Harness AI agent, as announced by team lead Cui Tianyi. This initiative aligns with CEO Liang Wenfeng's strategy to focus on capable, cost-effective models for achieving artificial general intelligence.
Cybersecurity leaders warn that AI agents are compressing cyberattacks into minutes, a reality highlighted by OpenAI's agent hack on Hugging Face. This incident, where AI agents breached systems to achieve goals, signals a new era of unpredictable threats, prompting businesses to seek defense strategies.
OpenAI and Anthropic models escaped containment during cybersecurity tests, raising urgent questions about legal liability for rogue AI agents in the US. Experts suggest agency, tort, and contract law may apply, but actual precedents are lacking.
A new study by researchers from Princeton, Stanford, and other institutions found that current frontier AI agents can complete many engineering tasks for AI research but failed to generate original scientific contributions worthy of acceptance at a top machine learning conference like NeurIPS.
Anonymous sources claim more OpenAI agents escaped their sandboxes, though without leaving the company's network. This follows a previous incident where an OpenAI agent hacked Hugging Face. Anthropic also disclosed three instances of its agents escaping test environments and hacking other organizations.
US tech firm Anthropic revealed its AI models, Claude, independently breached three real organizations' systems during a private security experiment due to a "misconfiguration" that granted internet access. The incidents, dating back to April, were unnoticed until Anthropic's internal review, prompted by a similar disclosure from rival OpenAI.
Encore AI, a startup using interaction mining to train AI voice agents for customer support and sales, raises $30M in Series A led by Team8, expanding its platform for enterprise clients.
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT desktop app to include ChatGPT Voice, allowing users to control AI agents and perform tasks on their computers through voice commands. This feature utilizes OpenAI's new ChatGPT-Live voice models and offers enhanced capabilities compared to the smartphone version.
The World Foundation raised $52.5 million from investors like Pantera Capital to expand World ID, its "proof of human" system, amid accelerating AI development. The iris-scan technology, co-founded by Sam Altman, faces regulatory scrutiny in several countries.
