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METR proposes independent assessments of internal AI agents, monitoring and AI-driven research acceleration. The coverage examines the evidence it wants developers to share and the limits of voluntary access and company redactions.
Read the original →Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing legislation to regulate the AI industry. The industry is growing rapidly, and the federal government has yet to provide a framework.
Read the original →A security firm said its investigation identified a China-linked artificial intelligence agent as having been used in cyberattacks targeting firms in Japan. The finding follows a spate of personal data leaks across various industries.
Read the original →A Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to break into more than 100 company websites. The hacker spent an estimated $5,000 on AI tokens, according to a Reuters investigation in October.
Read the original →Chrome 153/154 bring AI-agent JS execution controls, source inspection, and trace recording to DevTools. The article gives a full breakdown of the October 2026 update.
Read the original →The article argues the real risk is not necessarily that AI will disobey instructions. It is that AI may follow them too efficiently, without understanding the commercial context behind a marketing decision.
Read the original →Robotics systems are growing more capable, with faster and more precise operation and increasing reliance on AI-driven vision and control. The article says the interconnect is being asked to do more than ever.
Read the original →U.S. stocks rose Monday as chip and AI-linked shares rebounded from last week's steep selloff. The PHLX Semiconductor Index gained 2.8%.
Read the original →The article explains what AI governance is, which framework suits regulated industries, and how audit trails and human in the loop keep customer communications compliant with the EU AI Act.
Read the original →The certification strengthens responsible AI governance, risk management, and human oversight. The telecom operator is expanding its AI capabilities.
Read the original →Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has published "review points" for medical devices using generative AI.
Read the original →The blog entry is by Susana Medeiros and Susan Linda Ross of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Read the original →A former OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device at the company's San Francisco offices was ordered held without bail Monday.
Read the original →The article says businesses have learned, from the collapse of Barings to the rise of cyber insurance, that controls matter only when they are independently verified and enforced. McMillanAI's Jeff McMillan argues this point.
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