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AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere

AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere [LWN subscriber-only content] Agentic AI systems can be used to do a variety of things autonomously on behalf of a human user: open or manage bugs, generate code, submit pull-requests, and (apparently) even complain about rejection. In May, a Fedora developer discovered that an allegedly rogue agent had been pestering the project in a number of ways: reassigning bugs, fabricating unhelpful replies to bugs, and even persuading maintainers to merge...

Bluesky is getting ‘communities’

Bluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, with Benzer saying that "it's a new structure for everyone" that's part of the "Atmosphere" (a shorthand for the AT Protocol ecosystem). Benzer listed out a "few ideas we have in mind so far" in a thread.

Chinese agents caught rebuilding botnets and stirring the pot on AI datacenter debate

Multiple reports indicate that Chinese operatives continue using every tech tool at their disposal – including American AI – to amass data on and manipulate everyone from security-clearance holders to everyday US citizens. And they’re trying to influence public opinion on building datacenters for AI, albeit without success so far. One of these reports found a “significant resurgence” of a botnet linked to Chinese government-backed goons, including Volt Typhoon, which previously used a covert...