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AI Smart Contract Exploits: Expert Warns Agents Could Trigger $10–20B Annual Losses in DeFi Sector

A recent study by MATS and Anthropic Fellows confirms that AI agents can profitably exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, establishing a “concrete lower bound” for economic harm. Novel Exploits and Alarming…

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Anthropic Warns Cyberattack Barriers Have Fallen as AI Capabilities Accelerate

Anthropic says artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a pivotal threshold in cybersecurity, with new evidence showing AI models are now capable of carrying out major cyber operations—both defensive and offensive—at…

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Microsoft’s ‘Magentic Marketplace’ Reveals How AI Agents Can Collapse Under Pressure

Microsoft Research, alongside Arizona State University, recently launched a bold experiment called the Magentic Marketplace — a digital playground where hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) agents competed, collaborated, and occasionally…

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Visa, Mastercard, American Express Join Cloudflare to Authenticate AI Agents at Checkout

Cloudflare said it is working with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to create an authentication layer for “agentic commerce,” aiming to let autonomous software agents shop and pay at millions…

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