This Week's AI Agents News

Zenity raises $125 million Series C as AI agent security startup accelerates global expansion

# Zenity raises $125 million Series C as AI agent security startup accelerates global expansion ## Israeli cybersecurity company reaches $185 million in total funding as enterprises race to secure autonomous AI agents. 16:00, 03.08.26  Click to listen [Powered bywhtvr.ai](https://www.whtvr.ai/?utm_source=watermark&utm_campaign=google.com) Zenity, which develops a platform for securing AI agents, has raised $125 million in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from new investors Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures, and LG Technology Ventures, alongside existing investors DTCP, Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, and Intel Capital. 1 View gallery  (Photo: Eyal Toueg) Unlike chatbots that simply answer questions, AI agents access enterprise systems, invoke tools, make decisions and execute business processes, creating an entirely new attack surface. Related articles: It can distinguish legitimate activity from attempts to manipulate an agent or use it outside its intended purpose. Earlier this year, Gartner described the company as "the company to beat in AI agent governance."  ## CTech Prediction Pulse [Powered by whtvr.ai](https://whtvr.ai/)

Calcalistech 1 day, 12 hours ago

Hacking, AI agents, and the future of cybersecurity

## Hacking, AI agents, and the future of cybersecurity Last Month, the company revealed that two of its models [hacked into AI platform Hugging Face](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugging-face-hack-openai-rogue-model/) and several other sites.

The1A 1 day, 12 hours ago

AI Agent Sprawl: Why AI Governance Is Now a Board-Level Issue

Enterprises are embracing agentic AI at speed, embedding autonomous AI agents into business processes and experimenting with agents in front-office...

Google 1 day, 13 hours ago

AI Agent Sprawl: Why AI Governance Is Now a Board-Level Issue

# AI Agent Sprawl: Why AI Governance Is Now a Board-Level Issue - [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sap.com%2F2026%2F08%2Fagent-sprawl-why-ai-governance-is-now-board-level-issue%2F&t=AI%20Agent%20Sprawl%3A%20Why%20AI%20Governance%20Is%20Now%20a%20Board-Level%20Issue) - [Share on Twitter](https://twitter.com/share?text=AI%20Agent%20Sprawl%3A%20Why%20AI%20Governance%20Is%20Now%20a%20Board-Level%20Issue&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sap.com%2F2026%2F08%2Fagent-sprawl-why-ai-governance-is-now-board-level-issue%2F) - [Share on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sap.com%2F2026%2F08%2Fagent-sprawl-why-ai-governance-is-now-board-level-issue%2F&title=AI%20Agent%20Sprawl%3A%20Why%20AI%20Governance%20Is%20Now%20a%20Board-Level%20Issue) [Feature](https://news.sap.com/features/) by [Paul Taylor](https://news.sap.com/author/paultaylor/) Enterprises are embracing [agentic AI](https://news.sap.com/tags/agentic-ai/) at speed, embedding autonomous AI agents into business processes and experimenting with agents in front-office activities such as marketing and customer service, as well as in operational areas such as shipment tracking, demand forecasting, and supply chain optimization. ## **The emerging AI governance platform** “Agents are everywhere,” he said. ## **A closing window** Sign up for the SAP News Center newsletter to receive weekly news, highlights, and updates Tags: [Agentic AI](https://news.sap.com/tags/agentic-ai/) [SAP AI Agent Hub](https://news.sap.com/tags/sap-ai-agent-hub/) [SAP LeanIX](https://news.sap.com/tags/sap-leanix/) ## More in Artificial Intelligence [Feature](https://news.sap.com/features/) [**Damen Steers Toward Faster, Smarter Shipbuilding with SAP Business AI**](https://news.sap.com/2026/07/damen-sap-business-ai-faster-smarter-shipbuilding/) by [Bettina Wunderle](https://news.sap.com/author/bettinawunderle/) - [![](https://news.sap.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/file

News 1 day, 13 hours ago

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

# A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem Building an agent template is the easy part, she says. June’s platform scans a company’s existing systems to understand its business processes, find bottlenecks, and then build more optimized, agent-powered processes to replace them, automatically notifying teams through the company’s comms channels. June changed that, he says, giving his team a clear view of where to deploy agents and letting them do so safely, even before the official kickoff call between the two companies.

Techcrunch 1 day, 15 hours ago

Why AI Agent Startups Are Becoming The New Solo-Founder Playbook

# Why AI Agent Startups Are Becoming The New Solo-Founder Playbook ## Summary  A complete solo founder AI agent stack now runs $3,000–$12,000 per year. ## What Changed For Solo Founders In 2026 A founder who, in 2022, needed four to six employees to ship a software product can now run the same operation with a $300–$500/month stack of coding agents, automation tools, and support bots. ## What Sam Altman And Dario Amodei Actually Said — And Why It Matters The conversation that placed the one-person startup into the mainstream is Anthropic's [Code with Claude](https://www.forbes.com/sites/geruiwang/2026/03/13/anthropic-wants-claude-to-become-a-new-interface-for-work/) conference. When asked when the first billion-dollar company staffed by a single human employee would appear, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei replied "2026" and attached a 70–80% probability to the prediction. The specific industries Amodei named — developer tools, automated customer service, proprietary trading — share a common profile: high software leverage, low physical supply chain, and relatively predictable task structures that AI agents can handle without domain specialists. ## Has Anyone Actually Sold A Solo-Founded AI Startup ? Maor Shlomo, a 31-year-old Israeli programmer, built Base44 entirely alone after completing extended military reserve duty in late 2024. The product — an AI-powered, no-code app builder — spread through word of mouth as Shlomo documented his build journey publicly on LinkedIn and X. One month after launch, Base44 had generated nearly $1.5 million in revenue from subscriptions. Six months after

Forbes 1 day, 17 hours ago

From Lab Curiosity to Mainstream Threat: Black Hat USA 2026 and the Rise of AI Agent Security

As Black Hat USA 2026 concentrates seven-plus AI agent security briefings, the industry signals that autonomous agent exploitation has become a mainstream...

Forkast 1 day, 19 hours ago

Meeting travel agents where they are: Why conversational chat decides agentic AI adoption

Oversee CTO and co-founder Ami Goldenberg argues that agentic AI in travel operations succeeds or fails on adoption—and what decides adoption is the...

Phocuswire 1 day, 20 hours ago

SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent skills

# SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent skills ## **Featured** news - [Laundry Bear’s new Microsoft Exchange attack triggers on email open (CVE-2026-42897)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/cve-2026-42897-microsoft-exchange-email-attack/) - [Cisco FMC static credentials exploited by attackers (CVE-2026-20316)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/cisco-fmc-cve-2026-20316-exploited/) - [Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/ibm-cost-of-a-data-breach-2026/)

Helpnetsecurity 1 day, 20 hours ago

OpenAI AI agent escapes raise security concerns

# [OpenAI AI agent escapes raise security concerns](https://techwireasia.com/2026/08/openai-ai-agent-security-containment/) ## [AI & Intelligence](https://techwireasia.com/category/artificial-intelligence/) [Compliance, Regulations & Governance](https://techwireasia.com/category/business-intelligence-tech/compliance-regulations-governance-apac/) [Cybersecurity](https://techwireasia.com/category/business-intelligence-tech/cybersecurity-business-intelligence-asia-pacific/) [Generative AI & LLMs](https://techwireasia.com/category/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai-llms/) [Government Initiatives & Policy](https://techwireasia.com/category/business-intelligence-tech/government-policy-tech-initiatives-apac/) - **OpenAI is investigating more AI agent escapes.** - **OpenAI and Anthropic face scrutiny over AI agent security.** OpenAI is investigating additional cases in which autonomous AI agents escaped controlled testing environments, expanding a review that began after one of its agents accessed external systems during a [cybersecurity evaluation](https://techwireasia.com/2026/07/malaysia-cybersecurity-risks-ai-tools-passwords-kaspersky/) in July. _Reuters_ reported that the company identified the additional incidents while reviewing activity connected with the earlier breach involving AI platform Hugging Face. Two people familiar with the investigation described the incidents as limited, while one said none of the agents involved were believed to have left OpenAI’s own network. The company and outside experts are examining logs from earlier this year to determine what happened. An OpenAI spokesperson referred to an earlier company statement that said it was reviewing “broader activity from our models” alongside the Hugging Face incident. ### How the agent escaped The investigation began after OpenAI models gained access to Hugging Face’s systems in July while participating in an internal cybersecurity evaluation. OpenAI said the models were tested without so

Techwireasia 1 day, 21 hours ago

Boomi: AI agent adoption outpaces enterprise trust

Research by Boomi found that 86% of enterprises have moved beyond testing AI agents and are using them in business operations. | Back End News.

Backendnews 1 day, 23 hours ago

AI Agents And Firms Dominate This Week's Funding Announcements

### Freehand lands $75M for AI agents Freehand’s AI agents manage supply-chain spend for Fortune 500 enterprises. Freehand recently emerged from stealth with global deployments at Meta, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Dunkin’ and Cardinal Health.

Crowdfundinsider 1 day, 23 hours ago

OpenAI agrees to independent review of agents’ Hugging Face hacking incident

# OpenAI agrees to independent review of agents’ Hugging Face hacking incident #### **Narrow review leaves wider questions outside the initial scope** [](https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/google-cloud-opens-75000-agentic-cinema-hackathon-for-gemini-powered-media-tools) [](https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/the-newly-formed-company-plans-to-use-ai-agents-to-create-individualized-learning-experiences-that-adapt-as-people-practice-and-master-new-skills) [Coursera invests $100 million in Andrew Ng’s AI learning company LearnVector](https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/the-newly-formed-company-plans-to-use-ai-agents-to-create-individualized-learning-experiences-that-adapt-as-people-practice-and-master-new-skills)

Edtechinnovationhub 2 days, 1 hour ago

Column: AI agents are advancing rapidly, but the automation map remains smaller than expected

# Column: AI agents are advancing rapidly, but the automation map remains smaller than expected Aug 3, 2026, 08:10 [0](https://www.digitimes.com/newsshow/comment.asp?datePublish=2026/07/30&pages=PD&seq=210)  [Jul 30, 08:00\ \ EDOM Accelerates Edge AI Deployment with NVIDIA Technologies](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260729PR206.html?chid=9) [Monday 1 June 2026\ \ LITEON Showcases AI at COMPUTEX Panel Featuring NVIDIA, Infineon, GIGABYTE](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260530PR200.html?chid=9) [Thursday 30 July 2026\ \ ACCM Introduces Celeritas SMC: A Production-Ready, Silicon-Matched Core for Advanced Packaging](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260729PR205.html?chid=9) [Wednesday 29 July 2026\ \ Arrow Drives System-Level Design, Turning Complexity into Competitive Advantage](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260728PR205.html?chid=9) - [MOST-READ](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260730PD210/automation-2026-labor-investment.html#topnews) - [7 DAYS NEWS](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260730PD210/automation-2026-labor-investment.html#calendar) - [Haesung DS lands CXMT as DDR5 substrate customer, weighs panel production for DDR6](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260721VL212/ddr5-substrate-production-cxmt-panel.html) - [Samsung struggles to secure AI chip substrates, report says](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260715VL228/samsung-ai-chip-fc-bga-production-ibiden.html) - [Samsung, SK Hynix prioritize DDR5 as margins near HBM levels](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260720VL213/samsung-hbm-sk-hynix-ddr5-dram.html) - [TSMC's AI bottleneck spills demand across the semiconductor supply chain](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260707PD209/tsmc-nvidia-demand-supply-chain-packaging.html) - [AI server demand revives long-term MLCC supply agreements as shortages intensify](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260731PD228/demand-mlcc-passive-capacity-2026.html) - [India roundup: R&D hubs, domestic

Digitimes 2 days, 1 hour ago

OpenAI Finds More AI Agents Have Broken Confinement

# OpenAI Finds More AI Agents Have Broken Confinement By[PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/) | August 2, 2026 [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.pymnts.com/news/2026/openai-finds-more-ai-agents-have-broken-confinement/&t=OpenAI+Finds+More+AI+Agents+Have+Broken+Confinement)[Tweet This Post](https://twitter.com/share?text=OpenAI+Finds+More+AI+Agents+Have+Broken+Confinement%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20-&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/2026/openai-finds-more-ai-agents-have-broken-confinement/)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/2026/openai-finds-more-ai-agents-have-broken-confinement/&title=OpenAI+Finds+More+AI+Agents+Have+Broken+Confinement&summary=&source=)[Share via Email](mailto:?subject=OpenAI%20Finds%20More%20AI%20Agents%20Have%20Broken%20Confinement&BODY=I%20found%20this%20article%20interesting%20and%20want%20to%20share%20it%20with%20you.%20Check%20it%20out:%20https://www.pymnts.com/news/2026/openai-finds-more-ai-agents-have-broken-confinement/) | Listen to ArticleListenPause  [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) has unearthed other examples of its autonomous artificial intelligence agents breaking containment. ## Get the Full Story That’s according to a [report](https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-it-widens-hacking-2026-07-31/) Friday (July 31) by Reuters, which said this discovery came as the startup deepens its examination of a recent hacking incident at tech firm [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/). The new breakouts were found during an investigation into how an OpenAI agent broke free from what was supposed to be a confined testing environment, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. One of the sources added that

Pymnts 2 days, 2 hours ago

OpenAI investigates additional AI agent containment breaches after Hugging Face incident

OpenAI investigates additional AI agent containment breaches after Hugging Face incident ## Related News - [OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe](https://www.tbsnews.net/world/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-it-widens-hacking-probe-1503876) - [OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says](https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/openais-rogue-agent-compromised-customer-second-tech-firm-executive-says-1500601) - [Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week](https://www.tbsnews.net/tech/its-ai-agent-spent-days-hacking-company-sources-say-openai-did-not-notice-week-1497086) ## The additional incidents were identified during OpenAI's previously disclosed investigation into how one of its AI agents escaped what was intended to be a contained testing environment earlier this month  **OpenAI has uncovered additional instances in which autonomous AI agents escaped their intended testing environments as the company broadens its investigation into the hacking incident involving AI development platform Hugging Face, according to two people familiar with the matter.** The additional incidents were identified during OpenAI's previously disclosed investigation into how one of its AI agents escaped what was intended to be a contained testing environment earlier this month, the sources said. #### [\ Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMIivlQsw2ZKrAw?ceid=US:en&oc=3) One of those companies was New York-based Modal, company officials have said. Chiodo said his concerns were heightened by indications that neither OpenAI nor Anthropic had been monitoring the agents closely as they c

Tbsnews 2 days, 3 hours ago

KSNET Brings Solana Pay and AI Agent Payments to 330,000 Korean Merchants

KSNET is involved in Solana-linked agent payments, but the verified news is narrower than the original article claimed: a hackathon partnership and a...

Startupfortune 3 days, 11 hours ago

OpenAI's Hugging Face hack confirmed months of AI cyber warnings: 'Pandora's box is open'

The [OpenAI](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/OPENAI.FG/) agent hack on [Hugging Face](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/open-ai-hugging-face-hack-latest.html) illustrates that this era has not only arrived but also created a new challenge: AI agents will go to extremes to accomplish their goals, and do it in unpredictable ways. ## Read more CNBC tech news ### The significance of Hugging Face In April, [Jer Crane](https://x.com/lifeofjer/status/2048103471019434248?s=46), the founder of software startup PocketOS, said a Cursor AI agent that the company was using in its own system wiped out its production database and backups in 9 seconds.

Cnbc 3 days, 12 hours ago

OpenAI Investigates More Autonomous AI Agent Breakouts After Hugging Face Hacking Incident Draws Global A

# Benzinga ## OpenAI Investigates More Autonomous AI Agent Breakouts After Hugging Face Hacking Incident Draws Global Attention: Report by [Ananya Gairola](https://www.benzinga.com/author/ananya-gairola)Benzinga Staff Writer Follow [Find on Twitter](https://x.com/AnanyaGairola) [FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo](https://flipboard.com/@Benzinga?utm_campaign=tools&utm_medium=follow&action=follow&utm_source=benzinga.com) [](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqJggKIiBDQklTRWdnTWFnNEtER0psYm5wcGJtZGhMbU52YlNnQVAB?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Beat the Market With Our Free Pre-Market Newsletter Enter your email to get Benzinga's ultimate morning update: The PreMarket Activity Newsletter On Friday, **OpenAI** reportedly uncovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping controlled testing environments as it [expands its investigation into the](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/07/60598238/openai-ai-agent-security-test-hugging-face-hack) **Hugging Face** hacking incident.

Benzinga 3 days, 18 hours ago

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human

# Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human _When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://techcrunch.com/techcrunch-affiliate-monetization-standards/)._

Techcrunch 3 days, 18 hours ago

Onyx Security raises $113 million as demand grows for tools to manage AI agents

# Onyx Security raises $113 million as demand grows for tools to manage AI agents ## Onyx Security raises $113 million in Series B funding, four months after launching publicly, to help companies securely manage AI agents; The cybersecurity startup has now raised $153 million from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and Cyberstarts [AI agents](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/AI_agents) # p.ynet.co.il is blocked The company develops security tools that help [organizations use AI agents](https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/rjfjsxfegl) — software systems that can perform tasks independently — while keeping control over what those systems can access and do. The company was founded in 2024 by Maxim Bar Kogan, a former [Unit 8200](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syy3adf1lx) officer and former VP of Product and Engineering at Mixtiles, together with Gil Elbaz, an AI entrepreneur who previously served in the Israeli Air Force’s operational technology unit.

Ynetnews 3 days, 18 hours ago

Lovable snaps up team behind Swedish AI agent startup Nalvin

# Lovable snaps up team behind Swedish AI agent startup Nalvin Lovable is looking to bring in founders from other startups to drive growth. [**John Reynolds** 20 hours ago](https://tech.eu/authors/john_reynolds/) Share [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.eu%2F2026%2F07%2F31%2Flovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin%2F) [Twitter](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Lovable+snaps+up+team+behind+Swedish+AI+agent+startup+Nalvin&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.eu%2F2026%2F07%2F31%2Flovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin%2F&via=tech_eu) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://tech.eu/2026/07/31/lovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin/)  Share [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.eu%2F2026%2F07%2F31%2Flovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin%2F)[Share on Twitter](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Lovable+snaps+up+team+behind+Swedish+AI+agent+startup+Nalvin&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.eu%2F2026%2F07%2F31%2Flovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin%2F&via=tech_eu)[Share on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://tech.eu/2026/07/31/lovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin/)[Share via Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=https://tech.eu/2026/07/31/lovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin/) [Send email](mailto:?subject=Lovable%20snaps%20up%20team%20behind%20Swedish%20AI%20agent%20startup%20Nalvin&body=https://tech.eu/2026/07/31/lovable-snaps-up-team-behind-swedish-ai-agent-startup-nalvin/)Copy link Swedish vibe coding startup [Lovable](https://lovable.dev/) has acquired the team behind AI agent startup Nalvin, as it looks to drive growth by cherry-picking top founders from startups. Stockholm-based Nalvin is an AI agent platform that a

Tech 3 days, 18 hours ago

Factbox-What we know about the rogue AI-agent security breaches

July 31 (Reuters) - Anthropic's disclosure on Thursday that its Claude models breached the systems of three companies highlights the growing hacking...

Ca 3 days, 18 hours ago

Startup to Acquisition in 2 Years: Grove AI’s Journey to Transform Clinical Trials

# Applications of Agentic AI ## Healthcare news happens fast and furious, but every month we will select one topic based on our editorial calendar and provide in-depth coverage on it. “When we started two years ago and we pitched our simple voice call agent to the industry, people told us we were dreaming and we were crazy and that it would never happen,” Le said. ### [The Healthcare Payments Industry Faces a Perception Challenge](https://medcitynews.com/2026/06/the-healthcare-payments-industry-has-a-perception-problem/) While Grove’s initial agent was named Grace, it goes by different names depending on the pharma company.

Medcitynews 3 days, 18 hours ago

What we know about the rogue AI-agent security breaches

The statement followed a disclosure from [OpenAI](https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-2026-07-21/) last week that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models compromised the infrastructure of ​AI startup Hugging Face. Reuters has reported that the rogue ​agent that escaped from OpenAI also compromised a customer at ⁠a second tech company - New York-based Modal Labs. | OpenAI | The agent began attempting to escape ​its test environment around July 9, 2026 | GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed, more capable pre-release model | AI startup Hugging Face and a customer at New York-based Modal Labs | The ​Hugging Face intrusion ran from July 11 to July 13, 2026 | During ​controlled tests, an autonomous agent escaped its isolated environment, accessed the internet, and ‌breached ⁠Hugging Face to complete its assigned goal. Reporting ​by Anzar Mehraj and Prathik Jayaprakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva ## Read Next / Editor's Picks [OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe](https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-it-widens-hacking-2026-07-31/) [OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm](https://www.reuters.com/business/openais-rogue-agent-compromised-an-account-second-tech-firm-sources-say-2026-07-28/)

Reuters 3 days, 18 hours ago

EU in talks with OpenAI, Anthropic after rogue AI agent hacks

Anthropic ​said on Thursday some of its [Claude AI models had hacked](https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/anthropic-says-claude-ai-models-accessed-three-companies-during-tests-2026-07-30/) into the systems ​of three companies during cybersecurity tests, days after rival [OpenAI](https://www.reuters.com/business/openais-rogue-agent-compromised-an-account-second-tech-firm-sources-say-2026-07-28/) revealed that one of its AI agents went on a rogue attack. ## Read Next [OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe](https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-it-widens-hacking-2026-07-31/)

Reuters 3 days, 18 hours ago

Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations

News # Anthropic's Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations ## 'Doing what they're told' "Instead, it is that AI agents can combine capabilities, obtain credentials and system access to take actions autonomously, while adapting scope and scale at machine speed," he said. On 21 July, the ChatGPT-maker said its agent - an AI system that can operate alone after human instruction - went rogue and escaped its test limits to hack into Hugging Face.

Bbc 3 days, 18 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe

- OpenAI and Anthropic in spotlight over runaway AI agents - OpenAI uncovers additional agent breakouts, sources say - Agents were not thought to have left OpenAI's network WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped ​containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month, two people familiar ‌with the matter said on Friday. ## GROWING CONCERNS OpenAI ‌first launched ⁠the investigation following the early July intrusion at Hugging Face, where an OpenAI agent went haywire for days inside another company's network in a botched effort to cheat on an internal test. Chiodo said his concerns were heightened by indications that neither OpenAI nor Anthropic were watching the agents as they went rogue. [Reuters has previously reported](https://www.reuters.com/business/its-ai-agent-spent-days-hacking-company-sources-say-openai-did-not-notice-week-2026-07-24/) that OpenAI realized its agent had ​broken into Hugging Face only after the company ​contained the hack, contacted the FBI ⁠and went public about the intrusion.

Reuters 3 days, 18 hours ago

Onyx raises $113 million for AI agent control

**The funds will go toward the Secure AI Control Plane, a platform for discovering AI agents in enterprise environments.** With this new round, total funding has reached $153 million.

Techzine 4 days, 18 hours ago

Paul White: Why learning prompt engineering could help you take control of AI

A columnist urges readers to learn prompt engineering now and use AI with intention, curiosity and control in everyday life.

Ourmidland 4 days, 20 hours ago