… OpenClaw’s security guidelines say that having agents communicate with multiple people is inherently insecure, but there are no technical restrictions against doing it. Chris Wendler, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern, says he was inspired to set up the agents after learning about Moltbook. …
… OpenAI says that the initiative fits into its broader security efforts, including an application security AI agent launched last month known as Codex Security, a cybersecurity grants program that began in 2023, a recent donation to the Linux Foundation to support open source security, and the “Prep… …
… For instance, while Congress installed hardened windows after the January 6 Capitol riot, the shoot-out between a gunman and secret service agents in front of the White House over the weekend revived concerns that part of the West Wing wasn’t appropriately secure. …
… While it’s critical to keep concerns about security and hallucinations top of mind when using any AI feature, early adopters are developing a fluency that will likely pay dividends for years to come. Being AI native—or “agentic,” as AI natives say—means staying adaptable to new experiences. …
… Under that bill, if a threat is imminent or lives are at stake, agents can still quickly access the necessary intelligence without a judge’s approval. It also includes defensive cybersecurity exceptions that allow the government to search for malicious code or infrastructure without a warrant. …
… WIRED shared its findings with two outside security researchers who separately examined the app and reproduced key aspects of the analysis: Cooper Quintin, a security researcher and senior public interest technologist with the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Threat Lab, and an independen… …
… Tools for Humanity says it’s working with Shopify and Vercel to help ensure “human-backed agents” can use these services. …
… WIRED previously found that agents issued customs summons, including ones for legitimate investigations into customs issues, more than 170,000 times between 2016 and mid-August 2022. …
… One Meta safety and security engineer made a “rookie mistake” in an OpenClaw project and watched in horror as her inbox began deleting all her mail. But for all its risks, OpenClaw helped expose a broad swath of techies to the power of an agent. …
… An army of federal agents had descended on North Carolina just hours earlier, the first salvo in an operation that the Department of Homeland Security had codenamed Charlotte’s Web. …