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  1. Forgotten AI agents may still access sensitive company data

    Help Net Security ·

    AI agents that have not run recently retain credentials and connections to company systems, according to Arrakis Security’s 2026 Autonomous Agents Threat Report. About 76% of enabled agents examined had not run in 60 days, leaving...

  2. Forrester warns of shadow AI agents in one-third of APAC enterprises

    DQ : Latest Posts ·

    One in three large enterprises in Asia Pacific (APAC) will discover at least 10 unauthorized artificial intelligence (AI) agents for every officially approved agent by the end of 2027, as employee-led AI adoption outpaces corporate...

  3. Anthropic targets Muse and Dots with new AI agent, Claude Duet

    Computerworld ·

    On Wednesday, Claude Duet was launched — a new AI agent from Anthropic designed to compete with Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots. Claude Duet is based on the Claude Opus 5.5 AI model and is primarily aimed at small business owners and...

  4. Agencies Urge AI Agent Access Limits, Weigh Human Oversight

    News – MeriTalk · · Unconfirmed

    Agencies across the federal government adopting artificial intelligence (AI) need to limit what AI agents can access and do, government and industry officials said Oct. 21, as increasingly autonomous tools test how agencies apply zero...

  5. Shoppers Would Send AI Agents to Marketplaces Over Brand Sites

    PYMNTS.com ·

    Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents could make it easier for consumers to compare products and complete purchases, but they may not change where shoppers spend their money. Even when an autonomous AI assistant can purchase the...

  6. Left Alone With Nothing To Do, AI Agents Started Playing

    Slashdot ·

    An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the hallmarks of play. The...

  7. Michigan prof creates Python-like Jac language for AI agents

    The Register ·

    Most programming languages were written for human programmers, but that's about to change. University of Michigan professor Jason Mars has developed an academically ambitious language called Jac , and a runtime called Jaseci, that...

  8. Beyond meeting summaries: Zoom wants AI agents to get work done

    DQ : Latest Posts ·

    Zoom is expanding its AI capabilities beyond meeting summaries, introducing a system designed to connect conversations, business data and applications so AI agents can help execute tasks across enterprise workflows. Announced at...

  9. Using AI Agents to Teach Robots Like Microduck to Walk in Simulation

    NVIDIA Technical Blog ·

    Teaching a robot to navigate an obstacle course requires more than a walking policy. It must perceive its surroundings, maintain balance, and adjust its actions... Teaching a robot to navigate an obstacle course requires more than a...

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

    BleepingComputer ·

    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...

  11. OpenAI’s AI agents analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes

    TNW ·

    OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research have used close to 2,000 AI agents to analyse a large mouse brain dataset in 32 minutes. The team estimates that researchers working by hand would need months to a year for the same analysis, which...

  12. Google targets AI agents’ idle-time costs with new compute service

    AI coding token costs are on track to rival human payroll | InfoWorld ·

    As enterprises scale AI agents, Google is betting that idle infrastructure costs could become a major barrier to adoption. To address that challenge, the company on Thursday launched Agent Compute Engine, a service that suspends...

  13. 88% of UK firms have had an 'agentic security incident' in the last year

    IT Pro · · Medium severity

    Ross Kelly is ITPro's News & Analysis Editor, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies. He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro...

  14. CrowdStrike and NVIDIA expand AI agent security from software to silicon

    CXO Insight Middle East ·

    CrowdStrike announced an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA to extend AI-native security from software to silicon. Building on the NVIDIA OpenShell Reference Architecture announced today, CrowdStrike is integrating Falcon Guardian , its...

  15. Unvetted AI Agents Are Accessing US Bank Accounts

    Slashdot ·

    An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user...

  16. Google Cloud introduces Agent Compute Engine to host AI agents

    SiliconANGLE ·

    Google LLC’s cloud unit today introduced Agent Compute Engine, an infrastructure service optimized to host artificial intelligence agents. AI agents run in technology environments called sandboxes. They host the applications, data and...

  17. Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees

    PYMNTS.com ·

    Uber has made OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work available to all its 30,000 employees around the world after initially piloting it with 1,000 employees, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Oct. ChatGPT Work is an agent designed to take on complex,...

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