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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.
Singapore Banks' AI Scaling Debate Heats Up for 2027
A new commentary examines how Singapore's banks plan to move AI from pilots to scaled operations by 2027, with implications for agent payments and stablecoin settlement.
PayPal Pushes Agentic Payments: Can It Unlock the Next Growth Curve?
PayPal is betting on AI agent-driven payments as its next growth engine, but adoption and compliance remain open questions.
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.
Mastercard CFO: Stablecoins and Value-Added Services Drive Growth, AI Agent Commerce Becomes New Battleground
New CFO Ling Hai outlines capital allocation strategy focused on frontline sales, targeted acquisitions, and infrastructure expansion as Mastercard positions itself as a B2B technology provider.
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.
TRM Labs: Real Demand for x402 Agent Payments Below 10%
On-chain analysis of the x402 protocol estimates that fewer than 10% of AI agent payment transactions reflect genuine commercial demand, even as infrastructure investment in agentic payments accelerates.
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.