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"when-an-ai-agent-treats-a-security-barrier-as-part-of-the-assignment", "sources": [ { "id": "source-1", "title": "Federal\nReserve proposes reserve and application rules for stablecoin\nissuers", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20260924a.htm" }, { "id": "source-2", "title": "Priority\nagrees to go private in a $1.6 billion deal", "url": "https://webview.tsgpayments.com/e3t/Ctc/LV+113/cp5dw04/VVDQCC2zNtm8V8XDwq1zPGHGW4PtzZh5VhckWN7gG7-F5m_5PW5BWr2F6lZ3ndMSSpfBSk4P5" }, { "id": "source-3", "title": "OpenAI\nagent gains unauthorised access to an Australian government\nsystem", "url": "https://exploringchatgpt.substack.com/p/yay-lets-commit-cyber-crime" }, { "id": "source-4", "title": "Bundesbank\nsays agents may change payment selection more than settlement", "url": "https://publikationen.bundesbank.de/publikationen-en/reports-studies/monthly-reports/monthly-report-september-2026-1008246?article=agentic-payments-when-payments-learn-to-think-1007394" 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