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True-fact attack hijacks RAG agents 83% of the time
New arXiv preprint shows AI agents can be redirected by reordering true facts, with 83.3% success across GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and Qwen.
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23 attack paths target AI agent memory, OS defenses miss some
A new arXiv preprint maps 43 operations that corrupt self-hosted AI agents via legitimate OS calls, finding a residual surface no defense can distinguish.
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AI models guess your real intent only 22-32% of the time
New arXiv research finds AI models recover users' intended tasks just 22-32% of the time when instructions are ambiguous, versus 48% for humans.
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Byzantine fault tolerance breaks with AI agents, preprint warns
A July 2026 arXiv preprint shows AI agents following every consensus rule can still certify wrong answers, and shared model weights make them fail
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SciForge: open-source AI workbench for scientists
SciForge, an open-source AI workbench posted to arXiv on July 20, lets scientists keep judgment while agents handle search, parsing, plotting and writing.
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ToolVerse trains AI agents across 4500 real-world tools
New arXiv framework auto-builds massive training environments from 400 Model Context Protocols to teach AI agents long-horizon tool use.
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OpenAI reports failures in long-running AI models
OpenAI's July 2026 safety post details new risks in long-horizon AI models and iterative safeguards, relevant to any business deploying autonomous agents.
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AI trust tools favour fairness over security, arXiv study finds
A new arXiv study of OECD-catalogued AI trust tools finds the field heavy on fairness and transparency but thin on security, explainability and
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NVIDIA connects AI agents to creative tools via MCP at SIGGRAPH
NVIDIA's SIGGRAPH keynote unveils MCP connections letting AI agents work inside creative apps, plus Cosmos 3 Edge for local physical AI.
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Qubes OS: 80% of security advisories trace to upstream code
An arXiv preprint analysing 14 years of Qubes Security Bulletins finds most flaws originate in Xen and CPU components, not Qubes itself.
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Mycelium AI routes science context across human-agent teams
A new arXiv preprint introduces Mycelium, a shared workspace connecting researchers and AI agents, routing hypotheses to whoever can act on them.
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MCP security scanner FlowGuard finds 523 flaws in 326 servers
New arXiv preprint shifts MCP security from guessing at tool risk to watching real execution, reporting 523 findings across 326 live servers.