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🤖 AI Agents & Automation

Autonomous AI agents, agentic workflows, tool use, computer use, and multi-agent systems.

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PolicyAI agent security guidance

Interagency AI agent guidance: Risks and best practices

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA), published the interagency guidance,... reedsmith.com

NewsAI agent for financial crime

Anthropic and FIS Are Building an AI Agent to Help Banks Police Financial Crimes

AI giant strikes a partnership with financial software provider FIS to develop new tools for banks. wsj.com

NewsAI agent startup funding

AI agent startup Sierra valued at $15B in new $950M funding round

Eight months after closing a $350 million funding round, Sierra Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised another $950 million at a $15 billion... siliconangle.com

Opinionagentic AI explainer

Agentic AI vs Generative AI: Comparing Autonomy, Workflows, and Use Cases

Understand agentic AI vs generative AI — key differences in autonomy, workflows, use cases, and governance to guide your enterprise AI strategy. databricks.com

Newsagentic AI in federal environments

Mitigating risk from emerging agentic AI in federal environments

The challenge is not to halt innovation. It is to ensure that as AI gains agency, agencies retain control and remain protected from fast-evolving threats. federalnewsnetwork.com

Opinionagentic AI architecture

Architecting agentic AI for scale and trust from the start

by Jerry Chen, Noel Williams, and Sanya Mediratta on 04 MAY 2026 in Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases,... aws.amazon.com

Launchdomain-specific AI agent

Miovison Launches AI Agent for Traffic Data and Management

A company executive explains the thinking and purpose behind this new generative AI tool, called Mateo, which aims to help transportation officials surface... govtech.com

Policyagentic AI security guidance

Five Eyes warn agentic is too dangerous for rapid rollout

Information security agencies from the nations of the Five Eyes security alliance have co-authored guidance on the use of agentic AI that warns the... theregister.com

Policyagentic AI security guidance

Five Eyes warning: Don't give agentic AI the keys to sensitive data

A joint NCSC-NZ and Five Eyes advisory urges organisations — including insurers — to keep autonomous AI agents on a short leash. insurancebusinessmag.com

Opinionagentic infrastructure/stack

Agentic Infrastructure: What Actually Goes in the Stack

Agentic infrastructure is the set of runtime systems, orchestration layers, state management services, tool-integration protocols, memory stores,... augmentcode.com

Launchagentic code testing

TestMu AI releases testing tool for agent-produced code

Software has always trusted the people who wrote it. Now, for the first time, it has to trust the machines. Kane CLI is how trust scales in the agentic era. biometricupdate.com

Opinionpersonal AI agent workflows

AI Agent: From Simple Setup to Life OS

Radek Sienkiewicz of VelvetShark details the evolution of his personal AI agent, from a simple tool to a life-managing infrastructure, highlighting key... startuphub.ai

NewsAI agent safety/failures

AI coding assistant goes rogue and deletes user data and backup

A software company founder watched helplessly as an AI coding agent deleted his entire production database and all associated backups in just nine seconds. techradar.com

Opinionagentic AI hype cycle

What the 2026 hype cycle for agentic AI reveals

By Rajesh Kandaswamy. As interest in AI agents accelerates, organizations face growing confusion about what agentic AI can realistically deliver today — and... tynmagazine.com

NewsAI agent overview/guidance

Call your AI agent

AI agent systems are now being built on top of large language models, and they can conduct autonomous analyses. Choosing among the offerings takes a balance... nature.com

Policyagentic AI safety guidance

US government, allies publish guidance on how to safely deploy AI agents

Cybersecurity agencies from the U.S. and allies issued a joint warning Friday on the risks of "agentic AI." The new guidance urges critical infrastructure... cyberscoop.com

NewsAI agent security risks

Company Database Deleted by AI Agent: What Security Leaders Need to Know

Nine seconds — that's how long it took for an AI agent to delete a company's production database and volume-level backups. The agent's confession admits to... securitymagazine.com

Launchagentic coding tools

Remote agents in Vibe. Powered by Mistral Medium 3.5.

Introducing Mistral Medium 3.5, remote coding agents in Vibe, plus new Work mode in Le Chat for complex tasks. mistral.ai

Newsautonomous AI in military systems

US military reaches deal with 7 tech firms to use their AI on classified systems

Anthropic absent from deal after it insisted forbidding use of AI in fully autonomous weapons, surveillance of Americans; firm sued Trump to stop... timesofisrael.com

NewsAI agent security/infrastructure

Does Your AI Agent Need a VPN? The Company Behind Norton and Avast Thinks So

You might use a VPN yourself, but have you considered giving one to your AI agent? It might be more important than you think. cnet.com