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A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?

This week, after months in which rogue agents have caused havoc across the internet, tech’s most powerful leaders joined President Trump at the White House to rebrand A.I. At the same time, two of the biggest companies in the field — OpenAI and Meta — released what they say are their most useful (a…

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  1. 2026-10-02 11:00 · New York Times Technology
    A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?
  2. 2026-10-02 11:00 · Hard Fork (NYT)
    A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?

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