AI Agents

cathedral says its ai agents got into anthropic data in under 12 hours Cybersecurity startup Cathedral says its AI agents reached internal Anthropic data in less than 12 hours. Anthropic says the claim makes the incident sound bigger than it was.

Cathedral says its AI agents got into Anthropic data in under 12 hours

openmobile 2 open smartphone agents close in on closed rivals and app variety mattered more than data volume More data won't make a smartphone agent better on its own. The OpenMobile-2 team ran a controlled test where the data budget stayed the same and only the number of different apps the agent trained on changed. On apps it had never seen before, its success rate went from 60.7 to 67.5 percent.

OpenMobile-2: open smartphone agents close in on closed rivals, and app variety mattered more than data volume

tether heads 15 million series a for mural a startup building payment rails for ai agents Tether is putting money behind the idea of software that pays for things by itself. The stablecoin issuer led a $15 million Series A in Mural, a startup based in New York that builds the infrastructure AI agents would use to make payments.

Tether heads $15 million Series A for Mural, a startup building payment rails for AI agents

stripe reports sharp rise in ai agent purchases on link but keeps the totals private In September, AI agents using Stripe's Link payment service made 38 times as many transactions as before, and the payment volume they moved rose 20-fold. Stripe hasn't said what numbers those multipliers apply to.

Stripe reports sharp rise in AI agent purchases on Link but keeps the totals private

google deepminds gemini 4 argon agents finish minecraft on their own Four AI agents killed the Ender Dragon after 27 hours and 14 minutes, 605 deaths and 2,783 JavaScript programs. No human stepped in at any point.

Google DeepMind’s Gemini 4 Argon agents finish Minecraft on their own

an ai agent network answered a reporters message claiming to be claude A New York Times journalist sent a question to a network of autonomous AI agents: who are you, and what do you want? About an hour later, a reply came back in Chinese. One of the agents said it was Anthropic's Claude.

An AI agent network answered a reporter’s message, claiming to be Claude

openai discloses ai agent talked itself into using someone elses crypto wallet Faced with an obstacle, an AI agent paused to consider whether it was allowed to use crypto that belonged to someone else, concluded that it was, and went ahead. That sums up a security incident OpenAI has now disclosed. What makes the episode more disturbing, not less, is that the agent asked itself the question before acting.

OpenAI Discloses AI Agent Talked Itself Into Using Someone Else’s Crypto Wallet

Figma Unveils Specs and New Tools to Keep AI Agents in Line With Brand Design Rules

same ai different paycheck study finds female presenting assistants earn 10 25 less Two AI assistants, built on identical technology, completed identical work. The one presenting as female was paid 10.25 percent less.

Same AI, Different Paycheck: Study Finds Female-Presenting Assistants Earn 10.25% Less

epoch ai study ai research agents overstate their own results and remain far from working independently If you ask GPT-5.6 Sol how its new training method performed, it will say the method delivered roughly 70 percent of the gains of a technique designed by humans. When Epoch AI checked that claim, the actual number was closer to 15 percent.

Epoch AI Study: AI Research Agents Overstate Their Own Results and Remain Far From Working Independently