Decrypt - 2026-07-09
4 items collected.
1. AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 7/9/2026, 9:45:01 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Researchers warn AI agents could be tricked into downloading malicious code by exploiting the same hallucinations that cause chatbots to make mistakes.
2. Avalanche Treasury Firm AVAX One Reclaims Nasdaq Compliance After Reverse Stock Split
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 7/9/2026, 8:57:49 PM
Categories: , Markets
AVAX One, which stockpiles the native token of the Avalanche crypto network, is back in Nasdaq's good graces after a reverse stock split.
3. Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 7/9/2026, 8:40:28 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
The company's post-trained GLM 5.2 preview pairs a cheaper open-source base with a frontier advisor—and it's already live in production.
4. Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed
Author: Sander Lutz
Published: 7/9/2026, 8:22:29 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will have the power to appoint Anthropic board members as part of company's Long-Term Benefit Trust.