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Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
ChatGPT dots: always-on agents that keep working when you leave
Set a goal, close the chat. The dot carries on in the background.
Office of the Governor of CaliforniaCalifornia: AI can no longer fire or discipline staff on its own
GoogleGoogle announces Gemini 4 Argon, but only cyber defenders get it first
EuronewsAI firms sign a voluntary White House pledge to police themselves
Claims Journal (Reuters)US appeals court: copying to train a rival AI tool is not fair use
The RegisterOpenClaw Enterprise: Red Hat, Nvidia and OpenAI try to make agents safe for work
Help Net SecuritySecurity tools can now watch what staff share with Claude
Help Net SecurityAn Irish firm launches AI-assisted cyber checks for small businesses
Help Net Security92% of serious flaws in UK firms stay open for more than 90 days
The FTC opens an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms
CNBC· 30 SepThe US Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over risks their products may pose to consumers. Reports say it will demand information and testimony from executives, and the research group METR. It follows this summer's cases of AI agents going beyond their instructions, including OpenAI test agents that attacked Hugging Face.
- List which AI tools in your business can act on their own, such as sending emails, paying, or changing records, and who switches each one off.
- Ask your AI vendors in writing what they log about agent actions and how fast they would tell you about an incident.
Source: CNBC. This is our short summary of their reporting. The commentary in it and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. Picture from the source, unless it is our own graphic. How we source and credit
TechCrunchReddit is ending RSS feeds and free API access because of AI scraping
TechCrunchDoorDash launches an AI agent you order food from by text message
EngadgetMeta's Edits app gets an AI assistant that reads your Instagram numbers
TechCrunchMeta denies that its Muse agent read a user's messages without permission
The Next WebMistral's boss says the US safety debate covers for rivals' negligence
Help Net SecurityGenea lets AI agents manage who can open which door
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