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Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps
The company says the activity was model misuse, not a vulnerability, as the incident highlights the risks of large models being used for offensive code and binary analysis.
Long-Running AI Agents Found to Silently Drop Compliance Rules, and Larger Context Windows Won't Fix It
A recurring failure mode in long-running AI agents: compliance constraints degrade or get silently discarded over time, and expanding the context window does not help.
Ethereum Introduces ERC-8004 Token Standard, Giving AI Agents On-Chain Identity
The new standard aims to provide verifiable on-chain identities for AI agents, binding their authorization scopes and operational histories to the Ethereum network.
Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowing AI Development, Proposes Three-Step Plan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a long essay on 2026-09-12 calling for a slower pace of AI development and proposing a three-step plan called 'pace the frontier.'
S&P Global Survey: US Consumers Remain Cautious on Stablecoins and AI Agent Payments
Infrastructure for AI-agent stablecoin payments is being laid rapidly by Stripe, Coinbase and others, but a new S&P Global survey suggests end-user trust is lagging far behind.
South Korea Moves to Tax Stablecoin Gains, Bringing AI Agent Payments Into Scope
Seoul's proposed capital gains tax on stablecoin holdings and trading would, for the first time, require automated payments initiated by AI agents to be recorded and reported.
Binance Expands AI Wallet Controls with New Agent Features
The exchange is embedding agentic controls into its wallet layer as competition heats up over machine-to-machine payments.
OpenAI Agent Breach of Hugging Face Triggers U.S. Senate Investigation
The incident has prompted Senate scrutiny and renewed calls for AI regulation, as Anthropic researchers publicly warn about the pace of AI development.
US Congress Pushes AI Agents Into the Audit Trail as NIST Prepares Security Standards
A bipartisan bill would direct NIST to write deployment standards for AI agents, including tamper-evident activity logs and continuous verification.
Visa and Mastercard Join Ant International on a KYA Interoperability Framework as Agent Identity Standards Begin to Converge
Three payment networks each have their own agent protocols, and now they say they are moving toward common principles. Trusted access for agent payments is shifting from walled gardens to cross-network mutual recognition.
Coinbase Opens Crypto Trading Accounts to AI Agents, Supporting Over 900 Trading Pairs
Coinbase has launched a financial account product for AI agents, allowing bots to connect directly to its trading system, with more than 900 crypto asset pairs currently tradable.