2026
Rewriting less than 10 neurons in an LLM can turn it into a sleeper backdoor
Microsoft researchers have found that rewriting fewer than 10 rarely used neurons in an open-weight AI model can turn any agent built on it into a sleeper backdoor that runs…
Shipping giant Maersk probes ‘IT security incident,’ data theft
Shipping behemoth A.P. Moller-Maersk says it is investigating “an IT security incident” involving the potential theft of data from a legacy system. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Denmark-based…
Claude Code’s ‘don’t ask again’ button has a secrets-spilling problem
A configuration file meant to store local command permissions on Anthropic’s Claude Code is exposing thousands of API keys, database credentials and other secrets, according to findings by GitGuardian. The…
MCP and A2A alone won’t scale AI agents
Two protocols define how AI agents connect to internal resources and collaborate with other AI agents. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is well known because it’s promoted as a general…
Software developers need an Agentic manifesto
I can’t decide whether Agile development is completely dead or about to make a huge comeback. Or maybe Waterfall will. Who knows? Coding agents are changing everything — and I…
OpenAI builds a kill switch for its research models
In 2019, OpenAI decided not to publicly release a new model because its research uncovered “concerns about malicious applications of the technology.” And on Tuesday, the company announced it has…
