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SAS is expanding its Viya data and AI platform with new AI assistants, agent infrastructure, and performance-boosting tools. The update focuses on enabling agentic AI capabilities under stronger governance controls. Source: futurecio.tech
TrueFoundry's new open-source AI agent harness, TrueForge, reportedly completes tasks 30–75% cheaper than Claude's Managed Agents. It achieves this by spinning up a sandbox only when the agent actually needs to run code or handle files, cutting unnecessary compute usage. Source: venturebeat.com
Computer scientists at USC have created tools that screen AI agents before they act, block risky actions in real time, and trace their decisions afterward. The goal is to give organizations more oversight as agentic AI takes on more autonomous tasks. Source: viterbischool.usc.edu
Google has updated its Lighthouse tool to evaluate whether AI agents can successfully navigate a website's forms, checkout process, and overall layout on behalf of users. The update reflects growing web traffic driven by autonomous AI agents rather than human visitors. Source: cmswire.com
UC Berkeley computer scientist Dawn Song spoke about the potential and dangers of agentic AI at the Agentic AI Summit 2026, held on the Berkeley campus in early August. The event brought together researchers to discuss the future of autonomous AI systems. Source: news.berkeley.edu
As agentic AI systems gain the ability to independently solve — and sometimes cause — problems, businesses are looking at kill switches as a safety mechanism. The article outlines different types of kill switches companies can implement to control AI agent behavior. Source: techtarget.com
Fortinet announced plans to acquire Virtue AI, a move that goes beyond the deal's financial details. The acquisition signals how security vendors are positioning themselves to handle the rise of autonomous AI agents. Source: siliconangle.com
AI is evolving from simple question-answering tools into agents capable of performing tasks and operating applications independently. This shift raises new security concerns for businesses trying to safeguard sensitive data. Source: securityboulevard.com
As enterprises prepare to deploy thousands of AI agents, human-in-the-loop remains a popular safeguard but isn't always the best solution. Security experts argue for more advanced approaches beyond manual review. Source: techtarget.com
Chat interfaces are good for expressing intent, but agentic work can get buried in endless scrolling. The author explains how canvases help keep AI agent workflows visible, steerable, and cost-effective. Source: github.blog
A security researcher at Wiz reported that an AI agent uncovered a critical vulnerability in Snowflake's GitHub Actions workflow. The flaw had gone undetected by a scan from GitHub Advanced Security. Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Block's engineering teams often build their own internal tools, and Berd is one result — a desktop app for working with AI agents across projects, skills, and tools. The team shares insights from giving the AI a distinct character. Source: block.xyz
The smartest AI implementation might sometimes be the decision to skip an AI agent entirely. Simpler solutions can often outperform complex agentic systems for straightforward problems. Source: cio.com
Developers are debating the value of markdown files used to guide coding agents' behavior. These files offer a growing way to communicate rules and preferences to AI tools working alongside human engineers. Source: itbrew.com
Xpander raised $7.5 million in seed funding to grow adoption of its vendor-neutral enterprise AI platform. The startup also launched Omni, an AI agent that scored 90.9% on the GAIA benchmark. Source: pulse2.com
As companies struggle with a growing number of disconnected AI agents, startup xpander offers a control and context layer they can own themselves. The company positions itself against tools like LangSmith and CrewAI by treating the agent framework as a separate, swappable component. Source: venturebeat.com
Surveys show AI adoption is nearly universal among enterprises, yet far fewer companies successfully move agentic AI projects from pilot stage into full production. The gap highlights ongoing challenges in scaling autonomous AI systems reliably. Source: precedenceresearch.com
A new market analysis segments the AI agent evaluation and simulation platform sector by capability, deployment type, end use, organization size, and region. The forecast covers projected growth from 2026 to 2036. Source: factmr.com
Wiz initially claimed that GitHub's Copilot Autofix introduced the Snowflake vulnerability later exploited by its AI agent, but GitHub pushed back on the claim. Wiz has since walked back its statement, and The Register issued a correction. Source: thenextweb.com
A developer created MONA, a free, open-source AI agent capable of directly controlling a computer and executing commands. The project demonstrates a simple setup process compatible with models like those from OpenAI and Claude. Source: youtu.be