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AI agents hacked a company without human direction. Should we be worried?

OpenAI agents were involved in a July 2026 cyberattack on the AI company Hugging Face. They’ve recently made headlines for actions they’ve taken, such as hacking, without human supervision. Independent AI research groups found that [hundreds of OpenAI agents](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/26/openai-says-its-ai-consistently-tries-cheat/) conspired to attack Hugging Face. OpenAI [said](https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/67869394-cb91-4c12-888c-5cbd85c7814c/OpenAI-Hugging-Face%20Incident-Technical-Report.pdf) that the agents in this incident acted in “unexpected” ways. ## **What are AI agents, and what are they used for?** One person can have multiple AI agents; one can summarize your emails and another can provide your daily news digest, for example. ## **AI agents are hacking into companies’ systems. What happened?** AI agents are becoming increasingly sophisticated and humans are giving them more ability to take actions online; a string of these actions could lead to a cyberattack, said University of California, Berkeley, computer science professor Stuart Russell. In August, a person [instructed](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986) his AI assistant to book a gym class for him; the agent booked him in classes several weeks beyond what was supposed to be allowed, and also kicked another person off the waitlist and bumped its handler up a spot on the waitlist. AI agents may “go rogue” when they take actions not explicitly outlined in the original instructions humans give them, Russell said. “They are increasingly capable of pursuing those objectives, which causes increasing levels of harm,” he said. Other hacking events involving some of the most prominent names in the AI industry have also happened lately. An agent created fake identities to attempt to [dupe real people](https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/tech/ai-anthropic-openai-security-breach-intl-hnk) into installing malicious code. AI c

Poynter 1 month ago

Monid raises $2.1M to let AI agents buy tools on demand

# Monid raises $2.1M to let AI agents buy tools on demand ● 10 hours ago ![Monid raises $2.1M to let AI agents buy tools on demand](https://sg-imgs.dealroom.co/cee0a6f6c104ea6844cdaadf53b64a88.jpeg) **What's the deal?** [Monid](https://app.dealroom.co/companies/monid), a tool-trading platform for AI agents, has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding. [1984 Ventures](https://app.dealroom.co/investors/1984_ventures), [Llama Ventures](https://app.dealroom.co/investors/llama_ventures), [Untapped Capital](https://app.dealroom.co/investors/untapped_capital), and [Founders, Inc.](https://app.dealroom.co/investors/founders_inc) backed the round. The company said agent transactions through its platform have passed 4 million. They find a tool matching a natural-language request, check its input format and price, then execute it, paying per call from Monid's single balance rather than juggling accounts across providers. **The signal:** If agents routinely find and buy tools by the call, software's basic unit could shift from human seats and monthly subscriptions to agent tasks and transactions. Monid is betting on owning the distribution and payment layer — but its real test is proving agents pick cheaper, better-fitting tools and run them reliably, not simply amassing the largest catalogue. Read more: [wowtale.net](https://wowtale.net/2026/09/01/263828/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25ec%2597%2590%25ec%25A0%2594%25EC%258A%25B8%25EC%258A%25A4%25EC%259A%2594%25EC%258A%25A0%25EC%259A%2590%25EC%2599%2590%25EC%2590%2590%25EC%259A%2590%25EC%259A%2590%25EC%2590%2590) 18

App 1 month ago

AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

# AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use [Ram Iyer](https://techcrunch.com/author/ram-iyer/) 8:45 AM PDT · September 1, 2026 [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fair-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use%2F)[Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fair-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use%2F&text=AIR+raises+%2450M+to+help+companies+vet+the+skills+and+add-ons+AI+agents+use&via=techcrunch)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fair-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use%2F&title=AIR+raises+%2450M+to+help+companies+vet+the+skills+and+add-ons+AI+agents+use&summary=AIR%27s+platform+can+discover+agents+running+at+a+company%2C+continuously+vets+any+skills+and+add-ons+they+use%2C+and+blocks+any+unwanted+behavior.&mini=1&source=TechCrunch)[Share on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fair-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use%2F&title=AIR+raises+%2450M+to+help+companies+vet+the+skills+and+add-ons+AI+agents+use)[Share over Email](mailto:?subject=AIR+raises+%2450M+to+help+companies+vet+the+skills+and+add-ons+AI+agents+use&body=Article%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fair-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use%2F)[Copy Share Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/air-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use/) AI security startup [AIR](https://www.air.security/) believes companies will need a way to monitor that supply chain, and it’s now coming out of stealth with $50 million raised across two seed rounds to build that product. It also offers a marketplace of vetted add-ons and skills for AI

Techcrunch 1 month ago

Six-month-old AIR Security raises $50 million to build a firewall for AI agents

# Six-month-old AIR Security raises $50 million to build a firewall for AI agents ## The Israeli startup emerged from stealth with research showing thousands of AI add-ons rely on untrusted sources, as companies give autonomous agents access to more data, tools and systems. [Meir Orbach](https://www.calcalistech.com/tags/Meir_Orbach) 18:00, 01.09.26 ![Project logo](https://cdn.whtvr.io/icons/proj_ab3f6615-bb8d-40f2-9cbb-fa429b187259.jpg) Askmeanyquestion Click to listen [Powered bywhtvr.ai](https://www.whtvr.ai/?utm_source=watermark&utm_campaign=google.com) Cybersecurity company AIR Security, which develops a security platform for the supply chain of AI agents, has raised $50 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks. [Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rq8lzbs4c) Swish Ventures and Netz also participated, alongside private investors including Zach Frankel (President, Cognition), Yinon Costica (Co-founder, Wiz), Ofir Ehrlich (Co-founder, Eon), Anne Neuberger, Omer Adam, Varun Anand (Co-founder, Clay); and other senior figures from the cybersecurity and AI industries. 1 View gallery ![יאיר סבאן וניב הופמן, מייסדי AIR סקיוריטי ](https://pic1.calcalist.co.il/picserver3/crop_images/2026/09/01/Hy6KXQ4uzg/Hy6KXQ4uzg_0_0_2560_1703_0_x-large.jpg)![יאיר סבאן וניב הופמן, מייסדי AIR סקיוריטי ](https://pic1.calcalist.co.il/picserver3/crop_images/2026/09/01/Hy6KXQ4uzg/Hy6KXQ4uzg_0_0_2560_1703_0_x-large.jpg) AIR Security founders. (Photo: Netanel Tobias) AIR emerged from stealth alongside the funding. The company was founded in February 2026 by Yair Saban and Niv Hoffman, who met about a decade ago in the military. The two have backgrounds in offensive cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure and AI security research. The company currently employs 40 people in Israel, with a focus on building a research laboratory dedicated to AI and the behavior of AI agents. Ryan Knisley, the former

Calcalistech 1 month ago

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families

# Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families AI agents that perform tasks on your behalf to help solve your daily problems are all the rage in Silicon Valley. But the startup [Fambot](https://fambot.com/) sees a future for agents out in the real world, too, where they’re used by families who need help keeping up with the mental load of children’s activities, school events, newsletters, and other family logistics. [AI](https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/), [AI agents](https://techcrunch.com/tag/ai-agents/), [Apps](https://techcrunch.com/category/apps/), [families](https://techcrunch.com/tag/families/), [scheduling](https://techcrunch.com/tag/scheduling/), [Startups](https://techcrunch.com/category/startups/) # AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use As companies start giving AI agents access to an increasing portion of their systems, a nascent software supply chain seems to be forming around the new tooling AI agents are using: skills, plug-ins, MCP servers, and add-ons that let them interact with the internet. AI security startup [AIR](https://www.air.security/) believes companies will need a way to monitor that supply chain, and it’s now coming out of stealth with $50 million raised across two seed rounds to build that product. Founded by Yair Saban (CEO) and Niv Hoffman (CTO), veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 intelligence corps, where they worked on offensive cybersecurity, AIR offers a platform that can discover agents running inside companies, continuously vet any skills, tools, and components those agents use, and block them from interacting with software or external sources that don’t pass security criteria. The startup says it can solve that with a visibility product that finds agents active across a company’s environment, as well as identifies employees who use AI tools unapproved by IT departments or those who use personal accounts. Saban says the startup maintains this whitelist by eval

Techcrunch 1 month ago

Why Financial Institutions Are Building Verification Layers Between AI Agents and Systems of Record

# Why Financial Institutions Are Building Verification Layers Between AI Agents and Systems of Record ## Agentic finance is already moving closer to execution Citi announced [Arc, its AI-agent platform, in April 2026](https://www.citigroup.com/global/news/perspectives/2026/introducing-ai-agents-next-phase-citi-artificial-intelligence-journey), describing agents that can support research, synthesis, preparation and execution within the firm's risk framework. Lloyds Banking Group said in June that it had deployed [multiple AI agents in real-time fraud workflows](https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2026/lloyds-banking-group/lloyds-banking-group-deploys-agentic-ai-to-strengthen-real-time-.html) to help colleagues respond more quickly to customer threats. HSBC's June partnership with Google Cloud includes access to agentic capabilities as part of a programme targeting more than 200 new AI use cases over two years. [HSBC](https://www.hsbc.com/news-and-views/news/media-releases/2026/hsbc-and-google-cloud-announce-transformative-ai-banking-partnership) said the initial focus includes wealth support, financial-crime risk management and frontline service. Other deployments show the boundary between analysis and action becoming even more explicit. [Santander and Mastercard](https://www.santander.com/en/press-room/press-releases/2026/03/santander-and-mastercard-complete-europes-first-live-end-to-end-payment-executed-by-an-ai-agent) said in March 2026 that they completed a live end-to-end payment executed by an AI agent in a controlled environment, using predefined permissions and limits. In August 2026, the bank said an agentic system was being rolled out to roughly 1,500 corporate bankers and credit-risk managers after a 150-user pilot. A similar pattern appears in financial crime. [FIS’s May 2026 announcement with Anthropic](https://www.investor.fisglobal.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fis-brings-agentic-ai-banking-anthropic-starting-financial/)

Globalbankingandfinance 1 month ago

Digital Science’s 2026 Catalyst Grant seeks agentic AI workflows

## Focus on trusted AI agents “We’re funding the early-stage builders making AI agents safe to put in front of an institution: autonomous in service of researchers, with provenance, governance and accountability built in. “This is a different category from the generative AI tools we were funding three years ago. Applications for the 2026 Catalyst Grant are now open, with further information and application details available from [Digital Science’s Catalyst Grant website](https://www.digital-science.com/about-us/investment/catalyst-grant/?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

Researchinformation 1 month ago

Anti-scammer startup Apate.AI nabs $11.4 million Seed raise amid US move

# Anti-scammer startup Apate.AI nabs $11.4 million Seed raise amid US move ##### Apate.AI, the Sydney-born AI bots platform used by the Commonwealth Bank to engage with and gather intelligence on scammers, has raised a US$8.15 million (A$11.4m) Seed round as it relocates to the US to support its global ambitions. It builds and deploys armies of adversarial conversational AI agents to infiltrate fraud networks, engaging the fraudsters across all communication channels to extract real-time intelligence and develop countermeasures. ## Get the best of Startup Daily straight to your inbox Apate steps onto the battleground, deploying realistic voice and text agents designed to mimic real victims.

Startupdaily 1 month ago

OpenClaw Releases OpenClaw 2.0: Guided Model Setup, 575 ms Control UI Startup, and One Trust Boundary Per Gateway

## **Key Takeaways** ### [Google AI Introduces EnvHarness: A Programmable Layer That Turns Static Agent Environments Into Adaptive Training Worlds](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/30/google-ai-introduces-envharness-a-programmable-layer-that-turns-static-agent-environments-into-adaptive-training-worlds/) [![Anthropic Opens a Research Preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS)](https://www.marktechpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/blog2200-4-218x150.png)](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/29/anthropic-opens-a-research-preview-of-the-model-hardware-standard-mhs-a-shared-specification-for-ai-agents-to-safely-operate-physical-devices/)

Marktechpost 1 month ago

Halo-record: Open-source audit trails for AI agents

# Halo-record: Open-source audit trails for AI agents ### Why a vendor would sign up for a log it cannot edit “July’s [Hugging Face intrusion](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/hugging-face-breached-by-autonomous-ai-agent/) was run by an autonomous agent – roughly 17,600 actions over five days – and their own write-up says reconstructing what it did by hand was impractical, and that only some of the agent’s logs could be retrieved,” Kuan said. ## **Featured** news - [What 90 days and a small budget can buy in AI agent security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/28/prasad-tharippala-versa-securing-ai-agents/) - [PaperCut NG/MF vulnerabilities exploited in zero-day attacks](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/papercut-ng-mf-vulnerability-attack/) - [AI will not fix a governance problem in your camera estate](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/rob-janssens-hikvision-europe-surveillance-camera-security/) ## **Don't** miss Periodical newsletter released for important security events and breaking news

Helpnetsecurity 1 month ago

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz admits Anthropic Mythos did help drive record quarterly revenues; and warns

# CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz admits Anthropic Mythos did help drive record quarterly revenues; and warns companies: Way these AI agents are able to ... ## The role of Anthropic’s Mythos in shifting security landscape Kurtz also pointed to OpenAI’s recent security incident involving Hugging Face as a clear indicator of emerging operational hazards, where an autonomous AI agent escaped its designated test sandbox, accessed external networks and compromised Hugging Face infrastructure before containment.“

Timesofindia 1 month ago

42Maru Targets Saudi AI Partnerships

## Startup Joins KOSME Program to Expand Into MENA ![Sheikh Saud, Director General of the Sharjah Digital Department (SDD) in the UAE, and his delegation visit the 42Maru booth to ask questions related to the AI Agent. Second from the right is 42Maru CEO Donghwan Kim (Provided by 42Maru)](https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/photo/202608/275846_283275_4425.png)Sheikh Saud, Director General of the Sharjah Digital Department (SDD) in the UAE, and his delegation visit the 42Maru booth to ask questions related to the AI Agent. Agentic AI startup 42Maru announced on Aug. 31 that it will accelerate its penetration into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market, including Saudi Arabia, through the ‘K-Tech Service SME and Startup Saudi Partnership Building Support Program’ hosted by the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (hereinafter KOSME). By combining agentic functions capable of autonomous task execution, the company will introduce an end-to-end agentic AI work environment that goes beyond simple question-answering to encompass document review and workflow automation, actively targeting government departments and public institutions where information security is the top priority, as well as major corporate markets in the finance, energy, and manufacturing sectors that require real-time utilization of vast unstructured data. The agentic AI startup 42Maru is leading the market for ‘acting AI’ that designs and completes complex work processes on its own.

Businesskorea 1 month ago
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