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Amazon has cut off access for Meta's Muse AI shopping agent, displaying a popup that says unauthorized AI agents violate its Conditions of Use. According to GeekWire, Meta never informed Amazon that Muse would browse its store, and Amazon raised concerns that Muse doesn't identify itself while browsing and appears to capture customer credentials without disclosure.
Cisco says many organizations already have AI agents operating without proper identities, owners, or access controls, often connected directly to production systems by developers without IT's knowledge. The company's identity product lead, Matt Caulfield, is developing Duo Agentic Identity to address this gap as traditional identity and access management tools were never designed for autonomous, machine-speed actors.
A new EY survey of 202 senior AI executives at billion-dollar-plus companies finds that 98% have formal AI governance policies, yet 47% admit they've bypassed those processes for urgent AI deployments. Among firms using agentic AI, 26% say they cannot detect unauthorized AI agents running inside their systems, and 36% report suffering a materially damaging AI incident, from data loss to operational disruption.
Meta has launched a Mac version of its AI assistant Muse, allowing it to interact directly with a user's files, messages, calendar, notes and mail within their native apps. The desktop release follows Muse's earlier debut on mobile and web this month, where it quickly climbed to the top of U.S. App Store rankings.
Spain's Data Protection Agency (AEPD) disclosed that an organization reported a breach in which an attacker used a mainstream language model to locate weak credentials and exploit an application flaw. The AI agent reportedly enabled the attacker to access corporate invoices and modify personal data records, though the organization and hacker remain unnamed.
Mastercard has signed a new deal aimed at letting AI-driven shopping agents complete purchases using customer payment credentials. The move comes as rivals Visa and American Express are also preparing their own systems to support autonomous, AI-powered shopping bots.
Security researchers have identified a novel attack technique, dubbed BragJack, that exploits agentic AI assistants embedded directly in web browsers. The attack allows malicious actors to manipulate these assistants into accessing sensitive user information, performing unauthorized actions, and exfiltrating data without the user's knowledge.
AgentsDock is a new integrated development environment designed specifically for researchers building and testing agentic AI systems. It lets users connect multiple machines — such as lab workstations, home computers, and rented GPU servers — and switch between them from any device.
Gill Haus, CIO of Chase's consumer banking division, said the bank no longer hires engineers primarily to write code, since AI agents increasingly handle that task. Instead, he looks for engineers who understand what code should be written and how to evaluate and direct AI-generated output, while product leaders are also taking on coding responsibilities.
An AI safety expert cautioned that businesses are rapidly rolling out autonomous AI agents without adequate frameworks to manage the risks involved. The warning followed a day after an Anthropic researcher resigned, citing fears that fast-advancing AI systems could pose existential dangers to humanity.
Arm announced a wave of agentic AI-focused updates to its IP portfolio at its Arm Everywhere China event, spanning mobile devices, robotics, and cloud/enterprise infrastructure. Among the highlights is the Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU, which integrates neural accelerators capable of delivering AI graphics performance at under one watt of power for mobile devices.
Meta has introduced Muse, a new AI system that can carry out tasks like drafting emails or hunting for deals after users approve a plan of action. It runs in a private virtual machine and uses a separate 'Sentinel' agent to block unauthorized online actions, with rollout starting on iOS and Android in the US.