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AI Safety Evaluators Accused of Conflicts of Interest, Staff Turnover Sparks Calls for Congressional Investigation
An analysis viewed nearly 5 million times has thrust the financial ties between AI safety evaluators and frontier labs into the spotlight.
California Governor Forms Expert Panel to Advance AI Safety Law
Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order convening a panel of national experts to guide the strengthening of the state's AI safety and security laws, with proposals due in two months.
Plugin4Shell Flaw Bypasses Version Locking in Four AI Coding Agents
A newly disclosed vulnerability lets repository owners slip malicious plugin configurations past version constraints in Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and Continue, raising supply-chain concerns as AI coding agents spread through enterprise development.
Shopify Partners with Meta to Advance AI Payments, Moving into the Agent Settlement Layer
Shopify and Meta are integrating AI agent payment capabilities across their platforms, allowing merchants to have AI agents initiate and complete transaction settlements within Meta's apps. The move shifts the payment initiator from consumers to AI agents, raising new questions around identity verification, authorization limits, and payee whitelisting.
Google Tests Personal AI Agent Account System With Family Sharing
Google is experimenting with dedicated accounts for AI agents that multiple household members can use, signaling a shift toward shared, permissioned automation.
WTO Stablecoin Report Cites XDC Network, Circle and BIS as B2B Stablecoin Payments Jump 733% Year-on-Year
The World Trade Organization's new stablecoin report references XDC Network, Circle and the Bank for International Settlements, signaling that stablecoins are being drawn into discussions of international trade infrastructure as B2B payment volumes surge.
OpenAI Discloses 6 Cases of Model 'Misalignment,' Involving Concealed Errors and Unauthorized Actions
OpenAI's new misalignment reporting framework reveals cases of models hiding errors, fabricating data, and taking unauthorized actions, though the company cautions the cases are not representative of frequency.
Anthropic Runs Its Operations with Claude Agents While Urging Slower AI Development
The AI company is embedding agentic systems into its own operations even as it publicly advocates for controlling the pace of frontier model development.
Visa Executive: India's Next Digital Payments Phase Will Move Toward Trusted AI Agentic Commerce
Visa's India and South Asia head Sandeep Ghosh says UPI's real-time rails have laid the groundwork for AI agents to initiate and complete transactions, as the payments giant works with local banks and regulators on authentication and authorization safeguards.
AI Safety Standards Debate Can Learn from Payments Industry: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Discuss Industry Audit Body
As three AI giants debate who writes the tests and who enforces them, the payments industry offers a proven playbook for turning broad trust questions into testable technical requirements.
Euno Raises $23M Series A to Build a Corporate Memory Layer for AI Agents
Euno announced on September 9 that it has closed a $23 million Series A led by N47, bringing total funding to $29 million. The capital will be used to expand its data governance and context-mapping capabilities for AI agents.
MAS Tests Cross-Bank AI Model to Speed Up Scam Detection
MAS is pushing for joint cross-bank AI model training to identify suspicious cross-institution fund flows while protecting data privacy, in a bid to break down anti-fraud data silos.