A developer has released Agentic Identity Broker, an open-source project shared on Hacker News that lets AI agents get scoped, revocable access to services like Google, GitHub, Databricks and Linear without being handed user credentials. It sits in the request path via gateways such as Agentgateway, handling OAuth2 delegation chains, token vaulting, consent management and audit logging on behalf of agents and MCP servers.
github.com
· 2026-11-06
Amazon announced a new feature letting select U.S. customers text its Alexa AI assistant to search for products, add items to cart, compare prices, check order status and complete purchases using natural language. Customers can also send photos of items or outfits to find similar products, and Amazon says Alexa will learn preferences over time to suggest items. Access is currently limited, with others able to join a waitlist ahead of a broader rollout in coming weeks.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-06
Perplexity has introduced 'teammates,' autonomous AI agents built on its Perplexity Computer platform that can handle ongoing, large-scale work with minimal supervision. Users can assign teammates specific roles, have them collaborate and recruit additional teammates as workloads grow, and each operates continuously, surfacing in the Computer sidebar and notifying users only when a decision is needed. The feature is currently limited to Perplexity Max subscribers on web and iOS, a tier priced at $200 a month or $2,000 a year.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-06
Startup Aina has unveiled a smart ring featuring a tiny OLED screen, a microphone, and touch-capacitive controls that let wearers manage AI agents and connected devices. The ring is designed to learn user habits from a phone or PC and surface relevant prompts, such as approving an agent's action, directly on its display. It is priced at $400, available for pre-order now, and expected to ship in early 2025.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-06
Researchers described a system in which AI agents take a scientist's description of a research goal and lab setup, then write detailed step-by-step protocols for lab robots. The agents build a virtual replica of the lab to test and refine these protocols before directing real robotic arms to carry them out, and can even help design an entire lab layout from scratch. In one test, the agents generated over 200 commands for a robotic arm to measure optical properties of nanocrystals, detailed in an October preprint that has not been peer reviewed.
nature.com
· 2026-11-06
A product described as Enterprise Brain introduces a memory architecture for AI agents that uses goal-specific ontologies to capture relevant facts and relationships while deferring to a company's existing data catalog as the source of truth. The system records each agent's actions and outcomes as 'trajectory' records tied to a specific memory version, allowing later evaluation and reuse as training data.
ampup.ai
· 2026-11-03
Apple's annual financial filing added a risk factor warning that AI agents capable of acting autonomously could behave in 'unintended or unpredictable ways,' potentially exposing the company to lawsuits or reputational harm. The filing notes such agents can interact with systems without authorization, alter code, send communications or complete transactions without explicit direction.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-03
CrowdStrike is purchasing AI observability startup Fiddler AI for about $400 million and AI security-testing startup Dreadnode for roughly $95 million, per the Wall Street Journal. Fiddler AI will be integrated into CrowdStrike's Falcon platform as Falcon Observe, while Dreadnode's automated testing tools aim to catch flaws in AI models and agents before deployment.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-03
Sonos has released an app update introducing Presets, which let users save a specific volume and room combination for one-tap playback from the homescreen. The update also opens a US waitlist starting November 6th for Sonos' new 27voice AI assistant, with access beginning November 12th, letting users control playback, group speakers, set timers, and make natural-language requests.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
GitBook confirmed that on November 2 at 19:00 CET, attackers using AI agents gained unauthorized access to some infrastructure credentials. The company took its app and authenticated docs sites offline while keeping public content cached and live, then restored services after replacing credentials and revoking API tokens. GitBook says the attackers may have accessed Git Sync secrets, API tokens, third-party integration tokens, and visitor questions to GitBook Assistant, though no content appears to have been modified.
news.ycombinator.com
· 2026-11-03
A month after President Trump signed an executive order directing government agencies to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'Super Intelligence,' adoption has been uneven. Some government websites and documents have begun using the new terminology, but many tech companies and officials continue to use 'AI.'
technologyreview.com
· 2026-11-03
A 2026 Gartner report by analyst Pete Shoard, titled 'The Roles Required for the AI-Enabled Security Operations Center (SOC),' predicts that by 2028 security operations centers will employ 50% more engineers than analysts. The report attributes this shift to AI agents taking over much of the routine alert-handling work, pushing analysts toward case ownership and response decisions rather than triage. Prophet Security is distributing the full report as a free download.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-11-03
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