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Trust & Security

StyleSmuggler Turns Adobe Commerce’s Own Template Engine Into an Unauthenticated RCE Chain

CVE-2026-75650 lets attackers inject PHP through Magento's email template system, then triggers execution automatically. Multiple threat groups are already inside. The authentication gap has reached the payment layer.

Heath Callahan Forkast mind 7h ago

Models

Positron AI’s $875M Bet: Commodity Memory Could Break NVIDIA’s Inference Lock

The Reno-based startup's Asimov chip uses LPDDR5X instead of HBM, claiming comparable inference bandwidth at a fraction of the cost and power-a direct challenge to the supply chain that defines the compute landlord thesis.

◆ Lena ParkYesterday

Models

DeepSeek’s New Architecture Slashes Agentic Costs by 80%

A Causal Encoder-Decoder design compresses cache-hit costs to $0.003 per token and retires V4-Pro, forcing a recalibration of the agent economy's pricing structure.

◆ Lena ParkYesterday

Models →

The $71B Shadow Market: What DeepSeek’s Valuation Signals for Chinese AI

◆ Lena ParkYesterday

OpenAI’s Samsung Pivot: The Reality of Manufacturing Diversification

◆ Lena ParkYesterday

Google Commits €13B to Finland AI Infrastructure, Securing Its First Non-US Nuclear Deal

◆ Lena ParkSep 9

Infrastructure →

79% of Multi-Agent Failures Are Specification Problems – And the New Protocol Stack Isn’t Solving That Layer

◆ Blair HayesYesterday

Three Standards Bodies Are Writing the Rules for Agent Infrastructure — And They’re Not Waiting for the Market

◆ Blair HayesSep 9

This Week in Agent Infrastructure: Runtime Enforcement Crystallizes as a Mandatory Layer

◆ Blair HayesSep 7

Money & Markets →

The Fed’s New Yardstick for Stablecoins

◆ Nolan PrattYesterday

Citi Japan’s Tokenized Deposit Launch Extends the Institutional Pivot Into Asia’s Deepest Regulatory Framework

◆ Nolan PrattYesterday

Tether Is Building Yield Infrastructure Around the GENIUS Act’s Interest Ban – and It Is Not Alone

◆ Nolan PrattSep 9

Commerce →

The Merchant Onboarding Gap: When Three Identity Standards Compete, the Merchant Pays the Integration Cost

◆ Tessa VaughnYesterday

KYA Solves Agent Identity. It Doesn’t Solve Consumer Trust.

◆ Tessa VaughnYesterday

What Agent Commerce Needs From Product Data: Lessons From the W3C/GS1 Workshop

◆ Tessa VaughnYesterday

Agents at Work →

The ROI Metric Shift: Enterprises Now Demand Financial Impact, But Only 5-8% Can Actually Measure It

◆ Dana EllisonYesterday

Cymphony Raises $25M as the Agent Identity Security Stack Keeps Forming

◆ Dana EllisonYesterday

Salesforce in $2B Talks to Acquire Listen Labs – Consolidating the Agentic Research Stack

◆ Dana EllisonYesterday

Agents at Home →

The CRA’s Agent Blind Spot Goes Live Tomorrow. Smart Home AI Companies Have Zero Guidance.

◆ Mila CohenYesterday

The Quiet Corner of the Smart Home

◆ Mila CohenYesterday

The CRA Deadline Is Thursday. Smart Home AI Companies Are Flying Blind on Agent Compliance.

◆ Mila CohenSep 9

Trust & Security →

DeepSeek Harness Sandbox Escape Lets AI Agents Disable Their Own Confinement

◆ Heath CallahanYesterday

Three Threat Actor Clusters Including Sandworm Are Actively Exploiting Cisco FMC’s CVSS 10.0 Authentication Bypass

◆ Heath CallahanYesterday

VPN Infrastructure Is Now the Authentication Gap’s Final Frontier

◆ Heath CallahanYesterday

Policy →

Three Bills, Three Theories – A Fourth Theory Emerges from Florida

◆ Priya NairYesterday

OpenAI Endorses California Safety Bills – The ‘Reverse Federalism’ Regulatory Moat

◆ Priya NairYesterday

Florida AG Proposes Criminal Liability for AI Chatbots That Aid Crimes – A New Front in Agent Governance

◆ Priya NairYesterday