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The third chapter in a developing story about agentic AI, cybersecurity, and digital trust Imagine waking up to discover that the locks protecting millions of digital doors may not be as secure as we believed. Some doors lead to ordinary websites. Others lead to government services, customer records, business platforms, and financial information. That is the uncomfortable picture emerging from several cybersecurity developments this week. The internet has not collapsed, and there is no reason for everyone to abandon it. But the events of October 2026 deserve our attention for a much more important reason: artificial intelligence is changing the speed at which weaknesses in our digital world can be discovered, exploited, and repaired. From an early warning to a real-world test For me, this story did not begin with this week's security alerts. In June 2025, I published “From Chatbots to Cyber-Worms: Why the Age of Agentic AI Demands Radical Rethinking of ...

Why the most important relationship between artificial intelligence and quantum computing may be cooperation, not competition In my previous article on quantum computing , I argued that the biggest opportunity today is not necessarily to build quantum machines, but to build readiness : understand the technology, identify meaningful use cases, develop talent, prepare security, and learn where quantum may eventually create a genuine business advantage. Looking more closely at the intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum computing makes that conclusion even stronger — but also more nuanced. There is a tempting narrative that quantum computing will eventually supersede AI infrastructure, or that adding quantum processors to machine learning will suddenly produce exponentially more powerful artificial intelligence. I don’t believe either description captures where the technology is heading. The emerging picture is more interesting. AI and quantu...

Almost a year ago, I published an article in my newsletter VerbionPulse : 👉 “ From Chatbots to Cyber-Worms: Why the Age of Agentic AI Demands Radical Rethinking of Digital Security ” At the time, the concern was emerging—but still theoretical: AI systems executing actions autonomously Prompt injection evolving into systemic risk The possibility of self-propagating AI behaviors It felt like we were approaching something significant. Today, with Anthropic’s announcement of Project Glasswing , that “something” has clearly arrived. What Glasswing Changes At the center of this initiative is Claude Mythos Preview —a model that has already: Identified thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities , including in major operating systems and browsers ( Anthropic ) Demonstrated the ability to find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities autonomously ( Red Anthropic ) Forced its creators to restrict access , rather than release it publicly, due to potential risk...