Today's trail

Major US banks find AI agents inside customer accounts, most of them unauthorised

“We're just in a dead sprint using AI to fight AI fraud,” Zach Perret, the data aggregator’s chief executive, said at the Money20/20 conference this week.

Spotify stock rallies after earnings because not all AI winners are chip plays

Spotify reported more premium subscribers than it had previously forecast as revenue at the streaming platform jumped 16%.

Microsoft blames ConnectWise attacks on Chinese state hacker using ARTEX AI agents

Major U.S. banks are detecting and deleting unauthorized third-party artificial intelligence agents that are taking actions inside customer accounts,

‘Nightmare’: AI agents spark security concerns at major US banks, report says

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek raises $15B in latest challenge to OpenAI, Anthropic: report

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek raked in $15 billion in a fresh fundraising round as it looks to challenge US-based labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, according to a report.

ESP-Mosaico Lets AI Agents Do the Coding

A Chinese government-aligned hacking group used automated tools to carry out the recent supply chain attack on IT management software company ConnectWise and is using the same techniques to try to compromise organizations around the globe, Microsoft said.

Visa Bets on AI Agents and Stablecoins for B2B Payments

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are detecting unauthorized AI agents inside customer accounts — and can't always tell if customers sent them or they went rogue.

Architecting Governed, Self-Evolving AI Agents on Gemini Agent Platform

TIM and NVIDIA announce a sovereign AI platform for Italy, with no dates

Zomato's parent company Eternal will launch AI assistant Dark which can't read users' conversations even if it is forced to, said the founder

Plaid CEO: AI’s rise could fuel ‘scary year’ for financial security