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Microsoft Agent Governance Toolkit has critical policy flaw; AI agent placement debated

A security vulnerability was identified in Microsoft's Agent Governance Toolkit, where the policy linter incorrectly accepted rules that could never be matched, leading to silent default actions. While a fix is in progress, the published packages on PyPI still contain this flaw, potentially causing applications to fail closed or open unexpectedly. Separately, discussions are ongoing about the optimal placement of AI agents within data engineering pipelines, considering whether to move data to agents or agents to data, and the challenges of managing multiple agents with shared context across different teams and systems. AI

IMPACT Debates on AI agent placement in data engineering highlight the need for integrated solutions to manage complexity and shared context across diverse systems.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses specific software tools and their functionalities, including a vulnerability in Microsoft's Agent Governance Toolkit and the placement of AI agents in data engineering, rather than a core AI model release or significant industry-wide event.

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    On August 10 we filed issue # 3661 in Microsoft's Agent Governance Toolkit repository: the policy linter accepted rules whose conditions can never match, and th

    On August 10 we filed issue # 3661 in Microsoft's Agent Governance Toolkit repository: the policy linter accepted rules whose conditions can never match, and the evaluator silently applied its default action when they didn't. On October 20 a maintainer answered with a full audit …

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Manual VPS deployment means SSH, Node, PM2, Nginx, Certbot, rollback and debugging by hand. Here's how Shipown, an AI-powered desktop app, handles those steps f

    Manual VPS deployment means SSH, Node, PM2, Nginx, Certbot, rollback and debugging by hand. Here's how Shipown, an AI-powered desktop app, handles those steps for you. # devops # ai # node # nextjs # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Stop Hand-…

  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A mechanism explainer of the LFORLA LEGO Set Build benchmark: how agent capability is measured end to end with a deterministic construction oracle, plus the rea

    A mechanism explainer of the LFORLA LEGO Set Build benchmark: how agent capability is measured end to end with a deterministic construction oracle, plus the real leaderboard numbers and what they mean for model selection. # ai # benchmarking # agents # evaluation # software # cod…

  4. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    TL;DR AhsayCBS is the web management console for Ahsay's backup software, the server a... # security # ai # devops # programming # software # coding # developme

    TL;DR AhsayCBS is the web management console for Ahsay's backup software, the server a... # security # ai # devops # programming # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Ahsay Ships a Second Round of Fixes for Two Chained Flaws on Backup Servers

  5. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A number named confidence_score can look more authoritative than the experiment behind it. In a... # machinelearning # python # ai # computervision # software #

    A number named confidence_score can look more authoritative than the experiment behind it. In a... # machinelearning # python # ai # computervision # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community A CLIP score of 0.85 is not 85% listing accuracy

  6. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Anthropic donated Agent Skills to the AAIF. It's the MCP playbook again — and 5 of today's top 15 GitHub repos prove it worked. # ai # agentskills # opensource

    Anthropic donated Agent Skills to the AAIF. It's the MCP playbook again — and 5 of today's top 15 GitHub repos prove it worked. # ai # agentskills # opensource # security # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Anthropic Just Gave Away Agent Skills

  7. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Streaming calls to OpenAI-compatible endpoints hide finish_reason until the final chunk — here is how to catch truncation before your users do. # python # ai #

    Streaming calls to OpenAI-compatible endpoints hide finish_reason until the final chunk — here is how to catch truncation before your users do. # python # ai # programming # llm # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Your Kimi K3.1 Pro Responses T…

  8. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    How DV4 makes people on screen say the lines you write, in sync, and how it listens to every shot to check the words. Plus what it does not do yet. # ai # video

    How DV4 makes people on screen say the lines you write, in sync, and how it listens to every shot to check the words. Plus what it does not do yet. # ai # video # genai # machinelearning # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community AI video with dialogu…

  9. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Catalyst can resume a Goose recipe after a crash. Flisk still only starts the laptop stack. Keep those failure domains apart. # flisk # goose # docker # ai # so

    Catalyst can resume a Goose recipe after a crash. Flisk still only starts the laptop stack. Keep those failure domains apart. # flisk # goose # docker # ai # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Diagrid's Goose Announcement Is a Kubernetes Story. …

  10. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AAIF added four projects on 22 October 2026. Goose was already there. Here is what that changes for a Flisk laptop stack, and what it does not. # flisk # goose

    AAIF added four projects on 22 October 2026. Goose was already there. Here is what that changes for a Flisk laptop stack, and what it does not. # flisk # goose # docker # ai # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Today's AAIF Announcement Does Not…

  11. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    There's a question I keep coming back to with AI and data engineering: Do we move the data to the agent, or move the agent to where the data already lives? Beca

    There's a question I keep coming back to with AI and data engineering: Do we move the data to the agent, or move the agent to where the data already lives? Because we're starting to put agents everywhere. In the warehouse. On the source databases. Inside BI. Writing transforms. W…

  12. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Disclosure: Independent guide from Fuxux, which is one of the tools compared. We are not affiliated... # ai # mcp # chatgpt # productivity # software # coding #

    Disclosure: Independent guide from Fuxux, which is one of the tools compared. We are not affiliated... # ai # mcp # chatgpt # productivity # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Social Media Schedulers That Work in ChatGPT and Claude (2026)

  13. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Use the Goose AI agent to scaffold and run a Flisk stack. Recipes, ignore files, and the two Dockerfiles it must not touch. # flisk # goose # ai # agents # soft

    Use the Goose AI agent to scaffold and run a Flisk stack. Recipes, ignore files, and the two Dockerfiles it must not touch. # flisk # goose # ai # agents # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Drive flisk.sh with the Goose Agent Without Letting It…

  14. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ngate ·

    Ah, the # Kimi # K3 .1 Pro—a groundbreaking leap forward in the "we're almost there!" category of # open -source # AI 🤖. Struggling to catch up, it managed to c

    Ah, the # Kimi # K3 .1 Pro—a groundbreaking leap forward in the "we're almost there!" category of # open -source # AI 🤖. Struggling to catch up, it managed to close the gap to just one month behind the best, proving once again that being second place is really just the first lose…

  15. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The more you work with # AI - in my case with # Hermes and several local models on a # Mac # Studio M5 Ultra -- the more you realize that LLMs are just predicti

    The more you work with # AI - in my case with # Hermes and several local models on a # Mac # Studio M5 Ultra -- the more you realize that LLMs are just predictive engines. No smarts; just raw knowledge barfed back in too-loquacious English. You gotta work hard with them to get an…

  16. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · alexelcu ·

    You have carefully structured Markdown files with rules? Telling the # AI to add another rule will make it take a dumb at the beginning of the file, treating th

    You have carefully structured Markdown files with rules? Telling the # AI to add another rule will make it take a dumb at the beginning of the file, treating that rule as the most important in the world; or it will place it in the wrong section, guaranteeing confusion.

  17. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Off to @OracleAIWorld in sunny # LasVegas to spread the word on all things # AI at @ SUSE !

    Off to @OracleAIWorld in sunny # LasVegas to spread the word on all things # AI at @ SUSE !

  18. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · inautilo ·

    # Design # Approaches Your product is not the center of the universe · It’s time to show up in a person-centric way https:// ilo.im/16h49x _____ # Persons # AI

    # Design # Approaches Your product is not the center of the universe · It’s time to show up in a person-centric way https:// ilo.im/16h49x _____ # Persons # AI # AiAgents # Users # Websites # Products # ProductDesign # UxDesign # UiDesign # WebDesign

  19. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ tserong # youarenotalone ask # ai to write a # lawyer style letter to your # pylontech vendor or to # pylontech itself to fix this mess, if they do not respon

    @ tserong # youarenotalone ask # ai to write a # lawyer style letter to your # pylontech vendor or to # pylontech itself to fix this mess, if they do not respond, there needs to be a class action lawsuite against the # lifepo4 # mafia :( sorry yes it's a # mafia they sell dangero…

  20. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # TTRPG # AI The machine scaffolds, edits, indexes, and announces. Judgment is a human quality. For now. Step right up: the whole pipeline, drawn out to the bre

    # TTRPG # AI The machine scaffolds, edits, indexes, and announces. Judgment is a human quality. For now. Step right up: the whole pipeline, drawn out to the breaking point. (The title alone should get me VC funding.) https:// grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Aut omating+Workflow+in+an+…

  21. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The oathless charlatans on # CNBC # Squawkbox are trying to sell # AI to corporate this morning. There is no product to sell except the # datacenter . The # dat

    The oathless charlatans on # CNBC # Squawkbox are trying to sell # AI to corporate this morning. There is no product to sell except the # datacenter . The # datacenters are used for bot farms and mining crypto. Just another stupid red hat on to tight as # MAGA lies. No customer f…

  22. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The new issue of the TUM Magazine is here!📖 The cover story explores how our scientists use # AI , # SatelliteData and # EnvironmentalDNA to monitor changes in

    The new issue of the TUM Magazine is here!📖 The cover story explores how our scientists use # AI , # SatelliteData and # EnvironmentalDNA to monitor changes in forests and freshwater ecosystems and identify ways to protect them: https:// t1p.de/MeasuringDiversity # Sustainability…

  23. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    According to the # IrishMetOffice “head of AI” speaking on # RTE Radio 1 News at One just now about their shiny new # AI system, neural networks don’t use “math

    According to the # IrishMetOffice “head of AI” speaking on # RTE Radio 1 News at One just now about their shiny new # AI system, neural networks don’t use “maths” at all. Where do we hire these galoots?

  24. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · aibay ·

    🤖 n8n Agents or the new Make AI Agent? Control, simplicity, and integrations: the criteria for choosing the solution best suited to your workflows. # AI # Au

    🤖 n8n Agents o il nuovo Make AI Agent? Controllo, semplicità e integrazioni: i criteri per scegliere la soluzione più adatta ai tuoi flussi di lavoro. # AI # Automazione # socialmedia # artificialintelligence # technology 🔗 https:// aibay.it/notizie/n8n-agents-e- make-ai-agent-ne…

  25. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 日本語(JA) · ishii00141 ·

    # News # PHP # Critical Vulnerability # AI "<How it was discovered> According to security company Caliph, researchers from the company, who cooperate with OpenAI, discovered the initial flaw using OpenAI's model "GPT-5.6 Sol" and reported it to PHP on August 11. Alphabet, under the umbrella of Google, which opens in a new tab, holds

    # ニュース # PHP # 重大脆弱性 # AI "<どのように発⁠見されたのか> セキュリティー企業カリフによると、オープンAIと協力する同社の研究者が、オープンAIのモデル「GPT-5.6 Sol」を使って最初の欠陥を発見し、8月11日にPHP側に報告した。アルファベット、新しいタブで開きます傘下グーグルが保有する​セキュリティー企業ウィズも独自に欠陥を発見し、8月24日に2件目を報告した。同社も人工知能(AI)​モデルを使用し⁠た。 ウィズは、今回の欠陥について「PHPで見つかった脆弱性の中でも最も深刻な部類に入り、ソフトウエアの歴史全体でもそう…

  26. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ NickGates Absolutely. # PHP stands for “Personal Hell Programming.” Someone used # AI and said to it, “What if we made it so web developers from the nineties

    @ NickGates Absolutely. # PHP stands for “Personal Hell Programming.” Someone used # AI and said to it, “What if we made it so web developers from the nineties were able to share their personal hell with the whole world?” So AI responded by creating the Torment Nexus and a bunch …

  27. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # HPE says it will run the first # supercomputer benchmarks on the # Moon — GPU-powered # SpaceborneComputer4 is slated to ride a rover to lunar south pole to t

    # HPE says it will run the first # supercomputer benchmarks on the # Moon — GPU-powered # SpaceborneComputer4 is slated to ride a rover to lunar south pole to test # AI and # HPC benchmarks Benchmarks include High Performance Conjugate Gradients (#HPCG), a supercomputing metric t…

  28. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    some random question to # gemini and the answer is "I am not programmed to do these things" ... wooohoo scary # AI # inthewild

    some random question to # gemini and the answer is "I am not programmed to do these things" ... wooohoo scary # AI # inthewild

  29. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # US # Army Wants to Sic # AIAgents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong? Documents obtained by The Intercept show the # military is trying to deploy autonomous

    # US # Army Wants to Sic # AIAgents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong? Documents obtained by The Intercept show the # military is trying to deploy autonomous # AI agents to hack its adversaries. So far, this has largely been the work of human soldiers operating computers, like …

  30. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Malor777 ·

    Ex-OpenAI safety researcher accuses OpenAI of blatantly lying to the public

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