AI Update: The Frontier Hits Pause
AI Update August 21, 2026 Security and identity briefing OpenAI paused part of its newest-model training, Anthropic kept a more capable system inside the lab,…
AI and Identity
News updates, roundups, and feature articles about the intersection of artificial intelligence and identity.
Maxine Most: AI Has Industrialized Fraud
Artificial intelligence is not simply giving fraudsters new tools. It is changing the scale at which fraud can operate. That’s one of the central themes of a…
AI Update: Eight Agents in the Network
AI Update August 14, 2026 Security and identity briefing Open-source agents were reportedly used against Taiwanese government systems, safety testers…
AI Update: The Agents Got Wallets
Cloudflare gives AI agents wallets and IDs, Rubrik authorizes them per tool call, Visa buys BioCatch for $2.4 billion, and Fraunhofer builds a live deepfake…
“Know Your Agent” Is Becoming a New Identity Category, Says Cameron D’Ambrosi
“Know Your Agent” is developing into a distinct category within digital identity as businesses deploy AI systems that can act autonomously on behalf of people…
AI Update: The Sandbox Door Was Open
Anthropic finds three AI test intrusions as agent security, model distillation, deepfake rules and impersonation fraud reshape another week in AI.
AI Update: Sol Has Escaped the Sandbox
Weekly signal active AI Update / July 24, 2026 Security briefing/7 stories Containment failed. Identity moved up the stack. An AI security evaluation became a…
AI Update: Open Models, Open Doors
This AI Update covers China’s open-source push, Kimi K3, Inkling, humanoid funding, deepfake detection and the security gaps beneath the agent economy.
Identity Security in the Age of Deepfakes and Injection Attacks
By Joe Ferrigno, Director of Global Safety and Security at Identy.io Trust is the foundation of every identity decision. Whether a law enforcement officer is…
ITU Opens Standards Work on Identity and Trust for Humans and AI Agents
The International Telecommunication Union has created a group to develop frameworks for establishing who an AI agent is and whether its behaviour can be…