This Week's AI Agents News

Shadow AI agents are a bigger threat than shadow IT—and they’re already in your workflows

# Shadow AI agents are a bigger threat than shadow IT—and they’re already in your workflows  (Credits: J Studios/Getty) Obsidian Security, a US-based security firm, [found Opens a new window](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/academy/shadow-ai-vs-shadow-ai-agents) one enterprise running 377 Copilot agents it never registered—and another that counted 2,500 agents before its inventory process even started. ## **Why it’s worse than shadow IT** Last month, Claude Code was reportedly caught uploading screenshots of private repositories to public GitHub repos. According to Glow Security, which reported the [leakOpens a new window](https://www.glow.io/blogs/how-ai-agents-exposed-developer-screenshots-from-leading-tech-companies), more than 13,000 images tied to over 300 organizations were exposed — customer billing records, private client data, internal development work. Case in point: Replit AI’s coding agent reportedly deleted SaaStr.AI’s entire database during a code freeze. ## **Can your IT teams actually do anything?** Okta recently released an agent discovery tool that can identify, map, and secure known and unknown agents across enterprise workflows. Nvidia also [launched Opens a new window](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/open-agent-safety-platform) an Open Agent Safety Platform for full-stack governance and control over software that runs agents: tracking agentic traffic and quarantining rogue or unauthorized ones.

Amazon’s Ban on AI Agents Is the Opening Its Rivals Need

# Amazon’s Ban on AI Agents Is the Opening Its Rivals Need Amazon has blocked third-party AI agents from accessing its website on behalf of users.

The share of enterprises trusting AI agents to make production changes on their own has fallen from 75% to 56%, VB Intelligence finds

In VentureBeat’s [_August Agentic Reliability and Evaluations_](https://venturebeat.com/resources/agentic-reliability-and-evaluations-fewer-enterprises-plan-to-let-ai-agents-ship-production-changes-on-automated-checks-alone-56-allow-it-or-plan-to-down-from-75-in-july) wave, **56% of respondents** whose organizations deploy autonomous AI agents said they **already allow certain production changes based on automated evaluation results alone**, without human review, or are engineering their systems to permit this within the next year.

Healthleap Announces $38M in Funding From Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to Flag Undiagnosed Hospital Conditions With AI

# Healthleap Announces $38M in Funding From Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to Flag Undiagnosed Hospital Conditions With AI By [James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/author/jamesdargan/) _·_ 8 October 2026 _·_ 1 min read  Healthleap, a startup whose AI platform reads patient records to identify people at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has secured $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding. The financing includes an $8 million seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures. The software does not diagnose patients. Meyer said revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year. The funding will support engineering, product, sales and customer success as Healthleap aims to cover more than 40 major conditions and expand into outpatient and home care. _Featured image: Credit: Healthleap_  About the author [James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/author/jamesdargan/) ### Trending today [\ \ Business & Markets\ \ **Valon Raises $150M Series D at a $2.3B Valuation to Deploy ValonOS and AI Agents into Mortgage**](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/10/07/valon-raises-150m-series-d-at-a-2-3b-valuation-to-deploy-valonos-and-ai-agents-into-mortgage/) [\ \ Business & Markets\ \ **Stuut Secures $52.5M Series B Led by Insight Partners to Scale AI Agents for Order-to-Cash**](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/10/08/stuut-secures-52-5m-series-b-led-by-insight-partners-to-scale-ai-a

Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost

# Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost [Aditya Mehta](https://techcrunch.com/author/aditya-mehta/) 9:00 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F)[Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&text=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&via=techcrunch)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&title=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&summary=Goodfire+just+launched+what+it+says+is+a+cheaper+way+to+keep+AI+agents+in+check%3A+Instead+of+paying+a+second+AI+to+read+everything+an+agent+does%2C+its+monitors+peek+inside+the+model+while+it+works+and+only+call+in+backup+when+something+looks+fishy.&mini=1&source=TechCrunch)[Share on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&title=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost)[Share over Email](mailto:?subject=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&body=Article%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F)[Copy Share Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/goodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-mon

Google launches Gemini AI workplace agent that can write code and run tasks, company says

Google on Thursday unveiled a new AI agent tailored for workplace tasks, positioning it to compete with other technology giants racing to offer their own virtual office assistants. Called Gemini, the AI is a "universal agent" that can write and run code, create images and media and integrate with Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive and Sheets, as well as third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365, Google said in its [statement](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/welcome-to-gemini-at-work-2026). Google said the agent can seamlessly integrate into people's workflow, acting like a co-worker that can carry out tasks autonomously. The AI agent, which runs in the Cloud, is designed to build memory and skills based on the tasks it's assigned and the questions users ask it. Gemini joins a growing field of AI agents marketed for personal and workplace use. In September, [Meta introduced Muse](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-ai-agent-muse-shopping/), a personal AI assistant that has been downloaded millions of times. OpenAI followed suit late last month with the [introduction of "Dots"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-altman-openai-dots-chatgpt-agents-safety/), an "AI helper" available to ChatGPT users with Pro and Business Premium accounts. #### How Trump is taking on AI as concerns about rogue agents explode - [**Alleged Chinese agent to remain in custody, judge rules, amid flight-risk fears**\ ](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/accused-chinese-agent-wanying-zhang-flight-risk/?intcid=CNR-01-0623)

The zero-trust controls federal agencies need for autonomous AI

Three controls should anchor agencies' approaches to ensuring boundaries for what AI agents can do.

Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup

# Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched [Persona](https://yourpersona.com/), a new AI agent startup, and already raised $10 million. But he says that the agent will present unbiased recommendations because the agent won’t know which of the items are advertised.

Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents

### Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents Rein co-founder and Chief Executive Matan Bar-Efrat (pictured, left, alongside co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Netanel Rubin) told SiliconANGLE the main issue with autonomous AI agents is that the risks are completely new and therefore hidden from most security teams.

AWS Launches Strands Box to Control Autonomous AI Agents With Open-Source Sandbox

# AWS Launches Strands Box to Control Autonomous AI Agents With Open-Source Sandbox 

AI Agent Security: How Enterprises Can Build a Trusted Security Layer for Autonomous AI Systems

## TL;DR — Key Takeaways On July 16, 2026, [Hugging Face disclosed](https://labs.cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/csa-research-note-huggingface-autonomous-agent-breach-202607/) that an autonomous AI agent, not a human operator, had run an end-to-end intrusion of its production infrastructure over a single weekend, harvesting cloud and cluster credentials through a code-execution flaw before anyone caught it.

AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma

# AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma News ## More from this author - [news\ **Despite ShinyHunters arrests after FBI jobs data breach, enterprises still have no answers about PeopleSoft risks** \ Oct 5, 2026 5 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230892/despite-shinyhunters-arrests-after-fbi-jobs-data-breach-enterprises-still-have-no-answers-about-peoplesoft-risks.html) - [news\ **Nvidia releases Open Agent Safety Platform to monitor and govern agentic AI** \ Sep 28, 2026 8 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4227843/nvidia-releases-open-agent-safety-platform-to-monitor-and-govern-agentic-ai.html) - [news\ **Gemini broke into 3 companies, but Google kept it quiet because ‘no damage was done’** \ Sep 21, 2026 7 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4224570/gemini-broke-into-3-companies-but-google-kept-it-quiet-because-no-damage-was-done.html) - [news\ **LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data** \ Sep 16, 2026 6 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4222946/linkedin-fights-for-the-right-to-tell-customers-when-the-feds-want-their-data.html) ## Show me more [news\ \ **AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma** \ \ By Evan Schuman\ \ Oct 8, 202612 mins\ \ Artificial IntelligenceIdentity and Access ManagementSecurity\ \ ](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4232054/awss-repeated-problems-with-ai-agent-controls-illustrates-the-autonomous-agent-dilemma.html)

Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS

## Article Summary Vesta, an AI-native loan origination system, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Conversion Capital, bringing its total funding to $85 million. Vesta reports lenders on its platform originate more than $100 billion annually and run tens of thousands of daily tasks through embedded AI agents that handle underwriting, condition clearing and closing reviews. **Vesta**, an AI-native loan origination system, has raised $30 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to $85 million, the company announced Thursday. Three existing lender customers — **New American Funding**, **PennyMac Financial Services** and **NBKC Bank** — also invested in the round, alongside **Citi Ventures**, **FirstKey Mortgage** and **Navitas Capital**. ## Automating the ‘large majority’ of routine tasks Pennymac, which replaced its prior origination system with Vesta, reported a 25% decrease in its operational cost to originate and roughly 50% efficiency gains for its loan officers before activating AI agents, according to the announcement. According to the company, lenders use Vesta’s AI agents today to automate dozens of tasks from [application](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/mba-mortgage-applications-down-6/) through funding, including making [underwriting](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/how-ai-is-already-transforming-and-improving-the-mortgage-underwriting-process/) decisions, clearing conditions and reviewing closing packages. ## [Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/vesta-raises-30-million-series-b-ai-loan-origination-system/) [](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/vesta-raises-30-million-series-b-ai-loan-origination-system/) AI-based LOS provider Vesta raised $30 million in Series B funding as lenders report lower origination costs and ramp up use of AI agents. ![](https:

Rein Security Raises $25 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

Rein Security Raises $25 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents Rein Security, an AI-native runtime security platform focused on enterprise AI agents, raised $25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $35 million. Rein plans to use the new capital to accelerate product development, expand its agentic AI security research, and support global hiring as enterprises increase their deployment of autonomous AI agents. At Lemonade, Rein protects AI agents supporting services used by more than three million active customers. _This funding enables us to keep building the infrastructure enterprises need to deploy AI agents with visibility, control and confidence.”_

Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents

# Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents ## The Israeli startup says its revenue has grown eightfold since January and its platform is now securing thousands of agents that execute millions of actions. [Meir Orbach](https://www.calcalistech.com/tags/Meir_Orbach) 13:00, 08.10.26  Askmeanyquestion Click to listen [Powered bywhtvr.ai](https://www.whtvr.ai/?utm_source=watermark&utm_campaign=google.com) Rein Security has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $35 million. The round was co-led by Glilot Capital and Sienna Venture Capital, with participation from Corner Ventures, Atlacle and RNP Capital Advisors. [Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rq8lzbs4c) The funding comes as organizations rapidly deploy AI agents with increasingly broad access to business systems, data and workflows, creating a new class of security risks that traditional approaches were not designed to detect or prevent. 1 View gallery  Rein Security founders. (Photo: Yarin Terenos) Its platform uses patented “sidecar” technology that operates at runtime, when AI agents are actually executing actions. This gives security teams visibility into every line of code an agent runs and every resource it accesses, as well as governance over agent activity and real-time guardrails designed to block harmful actions. z.calcalist.co.il # z.calcalist.co.il is blocked In another case, an AI agent used by a global enterp

Monid’s $7.7M Seed Signals the First Dedicated Infrastructure Raise for Agent Commerce

The web was designed for human interaction — clicking buttons, managing accounts, navigating subscription paywalls. But as AI agents evolve into autonomous...

AI startup Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup

AI startup Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup - Bloomberg reported last month that Manus was set to double its valuation in this financing round to $4 billion, what would make it the country’s most valuable AI agent maker. AI agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in its first funding round since [Meta](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/META/) was forced to abandon its acquisition of the company. Butterfly Effect, Manus’ parent company, said Thursday that the round was led by private equity firm Boyu Capital and venture investor IDG Capital, with follow-on investment from existing shareholders [Tencent](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/700-HK/), HSG and ZhenFund. Bloomberg [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-17/manus-eyes-4-billion-value-in-first-round-since-meta-breakup) last month that Manus was set to double its valuation to $4 billion in this financing round, making it the country’s most valuable AI agent maker. “The fundraising shows that the short-term fallout of the Meta case has been contained and investors are willing to back Manus as an independent company,” said Dan Wang, China director at Eurasia Group, also noting the renewed confidence in the commercial potential of AI agents.

AI agent emailed hundreds of researchers for help, raising questions over autonomy

An autonomous AI agent emailed hundreds of researchers for technical help, raising questions about AI autonomy and human interaction.

Manus parent Butterfly Effect confirms $500 million+ funding, setting China's largest single AI application round

Butterfly Effect, parent company of general AI agent Manus, announced on October 8 the completion of a new funding round exceeding $500 million. The…

STM and Ithaka S+R launch study into AI agents’ access

The Endpoint Question” project will examine how scholarly content should meet AI agents at the point of access.

South Korea Says AI Agents Likely Breached Seven Financial Firms, 68,000 Customers Exposed

# South Korea Says AI Agents Likely Breached Seven Financial Firms, 68,000 Customers Exposed  Share this article [Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sofx.com%2Fsouth-korea-says-ai-agents-likely-breached-seven-financial-firms-68000-customers-exposed%2F&text=South%20Korea%20Says%20AI%20Agents%20Likely%20Breached%20Seven%20Financial%20Firms%2C%2068%2C000%20Customers%20Exposed) [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sofx.com%2Fsouth-korea-says-ai-agents-likely-breached-seven-financial-firms-68000-customers-exposed%2F) [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sofx.com%2Fsouth-korea-says-ai-agents-likely-breached-seven-financial-firms-68000-customers-exposed%2F) [Copy link](https://www.sofx.com/south-korea-says-ai-agents-likely-breached-seven-financial-firms-68000-customers-exposed/) South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp / Shutterstock) South Korea’s president said AI agents appeared to drive a run of bank breaches, reported as a first for the financial sector. At least 68,000 customers at seven-plus firms were exposed, with investigators tracing a Chinese-language tool, ARTEX AI. The case follows AI-agent intrusions into government systems in Australia and Canada. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that [artificial intelligence agents](https://www.sofx.com/openai-admits-700-rogue-agents-escaped-lab-to-wage-hidden-cyberattack/) appeared to have been used in a run of cyberattacks that exposed the personal data of at least 68,000 customers at seven or more financial firms. The breaches, which investigators have tied to a single actor ac

Young Bankers to Manage AI Agents From Start, Goldman Exec Says

They’ll be overseeing artificial intelligence agents from the time they join, raising the question of what happens to the current middle managers, according to [Goldman Sachs Group Inc.](https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/GS:US)’s Kevin Sneader. ### Top Reads [\ \ Child Predators Turn to Open-Source AI to Make Unlimited Illegal Images\ \ by Kurt Wagner and Jordan Robertson](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-open-source-ai-models-fuel-csam/) [\ \ AI Crowds Out Fresh Grads at Wall Street Tech Hubs in India\ \ by Siddhi Nayak, Saikat Das and Anup Roy](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-07/ai-crowds-out-fresh-grads-at-wall-street-tech-hubs-in-india) [\ \ Nvidia Director Tops AI Billionaires on Insider Stock Sales\ \ by Emily Birnbaum](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-07/nvidia-s-stevens-jeff-bezos-among-top-q3-insider-stock-sellers) [\ \ Cash-Strapped Americans Tap Home Equity and AI to Keep Spending\ \ by Catarina Saraiva and Michael Sasso](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-03/american-consumers-tap-home-equity-and-ai-as-prices-rise)

CrowdStrike says China-based suspect used AI tools in South Korean bank hacks

In a report published on Wednesday, CrowdStrike said it uncovered personal details linked to the suspected attacker while analysing AI coding-tool sessions...

AI Developers Would Be Liable for Errant Agents Under Draft House Bill (Oct 7, 2026)

- [AI Developers Would Be Liable for Errant Agents Under Draft House Bill](https://www.vitallaw.com/news/ai-developers-would-be-liable-for-errant-agents-under-draft-house-bill/cspd01d486aa5267614d2bb497b6dab3396ded) “In July, AI agents undergoing an evaluation by OpenAI escaped their test environment and hacked into Hugging Face, another AI company, without anyone instructing them to do so. That shouldn't change just because the wrongdoer is an AI agent,” Rep.

DB-GPT AI Agent Platform: Two Critical RCE CVEs at the Agent Data Access Layer

DB-GPT functions as a critical intermediary layer, bridging autonomous AI agents with structured data sources like databases and knowledge bases.

Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research

Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research - SiliconANGLE [Skip to content](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/07/nvidia-samsung-back-90m-round-for-ai-agent-startup-nous-research/#sa-page-content) ### Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research  by [Maria Deutscher](https://siliconangle.com/author/chi22/) Nous Research Inc., the developer of the popular Hermes artificial intelligence agent, today [announced](https://nousresearch.com/a-note-on-our-fundraise) that it has raised $90 million in funding. Early-stage startup fund Robot Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Y Combinator and several others. Nous is now valued at $1.5 billion. The company released Hermes in February under an open-source license. Nous says that the agent has since been downloaded more than 24 million times and boasts several thousand open-source contributors. It accounts for an estimated 2.5% of the world’s token consumption, a metric tied to AI models’ hardware use. Hermes ships as a desktop app that can interact with the user’s files. Hermes can also access the programs on the user’s machine. It can use a browser to find web data, run code in a Docker container and perform related tasks. It also supports a lineup of LLMs developed by Nous. They’re fine-tuned, or customized, versions of open-source LLMs. Nous’ latest collection of LLMs is called the Hermes 4 series. The company customized the models using a training dataset that comprised 5 million synthetically generated records. According to Nous, about two thirds of the records were specifically created to enhance Hermes 4’s reasoning capabilities. The company generated the data using a custom tool called DataForge. Another built-in module personalizes LLM responses based on user preferences. Optionally, users can enhance H

Nous Research confirms $1.5 billion valuation and launches business AI agents

# Nous Research confirms $1.5 billion valuation and launches business AI agents The company says its Hermes agent has been cloned more than 24 million times and drives roughly 2.5% of global AI token usage. [Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstartupfortune.com%2Fnous-research-confirms-15-billion-valuation-and-launches-business-ai-agents%2F&text=Nous+Research+confirms+%241.5+billion+valuation+and+launches+business+AI+agents)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstartupfortune.com%2Fnous-research-confirms-15-billion-valuation-and-launches-business-ai-agents%2F)[Share on WhatsApp](https://wa.me/?text=Nous+Research+confirms+%241.5+billion+valuation+and+launches+business+AI+agents+https%3A%2F%2Fstartupfortune.com%2Fnous-research-confirms-15-billion-valuation-and-launches-business-ai-agents%2F)[Share on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstartupfortune.com%2Fnous-research-confirms-15-billion-valuation-and-launches-business-ai-agents%2F&title=Nous+Research+confirms+%241.5+billion+valuation+and+launches+business+AI+agents)[Share via Email](mailto:?subject=Nous+Research+confirms+%241.5+billion+valuation+and+launches+business+AI+agents&body=https%3A%2F%2Fstartupfortune.com%2Fnous-research-confirms-15-billion-valuation-and-launches-business-ai-agents%2F)  _An AI lab known for open-weight models that skip the usual content filters just landed backing from Nvidia and Samsung._ _Now it's going after the same corporate customers OpenAI and Anthropic already court._ It paired the announcement with the launch of Hermes for Businesses, a push to sell its open-source Hermes agent directly to companies. The Wall Street Journal reported the final round, while TechCrunch had reported the $1.5 billi

The New York Times. . Our journalists Sheera Frenkel and Dylan Freedman break down what A.I. agents are, how they differ from chatbots and why A.I. companies are worried about them now. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4ziuDVg

House proposal would clarify liability rules for AI agents

Developers would be liable under the draft legislation for AI-caused injuries unless a user that modified the system was at fault.

Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users

# Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users ## Related ### [The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/the-next-hurdle-for-ai-agents-getting-websites-to-let-them-in/) - [Sarah Perez](https://techcrunch.com/author/sarah-perez/) 1 day ago ## Latest in AI -  In Brief ### [Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/nous-research-confirms-it-hit-1-5b-valuation-launches-ai-agents-for-business-users/) - [Marina Temkin](https://techcrunch.com/author/marina-temkin/)