Manus AI is in discussions to raise $500 million at a $4 billion valuation, which would make it China’s most valuable autonomous agent startup. The round is not yet closed and terms remain subject to change, but the deal signals a shift in how the market prices AI agents. If finalized, this valuation would be…
Attackers can exploit CVE-2026-69843, a critical authentication bypass in Microsoft Fabric, without credentials or user interaction. This CVSS 10.0 vulnerability uses a network attack vector and features a scope-changed metric, allowing an adversary to cross security boundaries from the network directly into the analytics and data tier where OneLake stores enterprise data. The vulnerability is…
Alchemy’s integration of AgentCard with Mastercard Agent Pay establishes a dedicated identity layer for autonomous software. By provisioning each agent with a unique email address, phone number, stablecoin wallet, and tokenized payment credentials, Alchemy is attempting to treat AI agents as distinct, verifiable entities rather than mere extensions of a user’s existing account. This is…
The Hidden Architecture of Google’s Managed Agents On the surface, the recent update to Google’s Managed Agents in the Gemini API appears to be a standard SDK iteration. The September 2026 preview, which introduces the antigravity-preview-09-2026 environment and upgrades the default model from Gemini 3.5 Flash to Gemini 3.8 Flash, is certainly a welcome performance…
The AEPD Breach Filing Spain’s Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) received its first formal notification of a data breach involving an autonomous AI agent on September 14, 2026. Deputy Director Francisco Pérez Bes published the disclosure on the agency’s blog the following day. This filing marks the transition of agentic AI risk from…
TypeSafe AI is challenging the industry’s reliance on large language models for every stage of the agentic stack with the launch of Jev, a specialized “System One Model” designed exclusively for structured decision-making. By abandoning the generative capabilities of LLMs in favor of a non-LLM architecture, TypeSafe aims to replace the expensive, latency-prone routing and…
Xiaomi has initiated a live, public stream of its reinforcement learning training run for the MiMo-V2.6 model, a level of operational exposure currently absent from major US-based frontier labs. By providing a live dashboard that tracks real-time costs, token throughput, and benchmark performance, the Xiaomi MiMo team is challenging the industry standard of closed-door development…
Agentic commerce adoption is hitting a structural wall where discovery tools are outpacing back-end payment readiness. Retailers are currently investing in front-end AI integration at a rate that the underlying merchant infrastructure cannot yet support, creating a gap between shopper interest and transaction completion. Google’s Rethink ROI summit in New York underscored this push toward…
As AI agents move from experimental sandboxes into enterprise production, the challenge of keeping them on a short leash has become a primary focus for security teams. Microsoft is now expanding its governance framework with the introduction of the MCP Firewall, a new component of its Global Secure Access suite. While the industry is still…
At The Howard in San Francisco, the final day of the xAI Galaxy event is currently underway. Today, September 17, marks the conclusion of a high-stakes demonstration: three xAI staffers – Lauren Tan, Matt Palmer, and Roshan Sadanani – have spent the last 72 hours building a functional company from the ground up. Their primary…