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Agentic AI identity: A 6-stage maturity model for non-human identities

As agentic AI and autonomous agents trend in 2026, enterprises face a major new hurdle: standard IAM stacks aren't built to ...

Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

In the brief history of AI security, the prompt injection has quickly become the top threat. Large language models are ...

Why this fully agentic ransomware attack is giving researchers nightmares

JadePuffer could be the first reported case of a ransomware attack driven by AI from start to finish. How can businesses ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft’s open-source SkillOpt automatically upgrades AI agent skills without touching model weights

Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to ...
The Next Platform

Cisco Preps For A World Of AI Agent Coworkers, Frontier Model Threats

Last month, we did a deep dive into Cisco Systems’ third quarter fiscal 2026 numbers to get a gauge on what the AI market looks like when you strip away what the hyperscalers, cloud builders, and AI ...
Computerworld

Microsoft unveils Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

Scout is the first of a new breed of ‘autopilot’ agents in Microsoft 365 that can carry out tasks independently. Microsoft has developed a new AI agent that can run autonomously around the clock to ...
VentureBeat

The AI agent bottleneck isn't model performance — it's permissions

Enterprise AI agents are stalling — not because of model performance, but because of permissioning. Every agentic workflow eventually hits the same wall: what is this agent allowed to touch, on whose ...
TechNode

Alibaba introduces Qwen3.7-Max as next-gen AI agent model

Alibaba’s Qwen on Wednesday unveiled Qwen3.7-Max, its new flagship AI model designed for the agent era, with API access set to roll out soon. The company said Qwen3.7-Max is its most advanced and ...
CNBC

Google debuts new AI models, personal AI agents in effort to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic

Google is showcasing Gemini 3.5 Flash, a lighter-weight addition to its suite that offers cutting-edge capabilities. The company announced a new world model called Omni. Google is racing to keep up ...
The New York Times

White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released

The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight on A.I. models before they are made publicly available. By Tripp ...
InfoWorld

GitHub shifts Copilot to usage-based billing, signaling a new cost model for enterprise AI tools

GitHub is moving its Copilot coding assistant to a usage-based billing model, replacing fixed subscription pricing with consumption-based charges as demand for AI-driven development workloads ...
InfoQ

Anthropic Introduces Agent-Based Code Review for Claude Code

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Andy Brinkmeyer shares how engineering ...