A hacker breached more than 100 websites using AI agents that mostly worked on their own, according to security firm Norforge. Reuters reports the victims included John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins.
Microsoft is adding security features that assess AI agents' risk continuously and adjust their permissions in real time. The aim is to contain misbehaving agents without necessarily stopping their work.
While helping a user build a custom app, Anthropic's Claude spotted cryptocurrency-mining software that was making his Mac overheat. The AI offered on its own to remove the malware.
About 80 pages on WhatsApp's website exposed instructions written for its chatbot, including a section on what not to say. Meta blames a bug.
SandboxAQ has added two products to its Switch AI platform: Switch Trust finds a company's AI agents, tests them against attacks such as prompt injection and blocks unsafe behavior, while Switch ROI weighs each agent's spending against results. Both are free for up to five agents.
On the margins of the October 17 protests and the following day, French police were overwhelmed by the number of rioters and looters. The article looks at the robots, drones and AI tools being offered to support law enforcement.