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An AI agent was given one simple task: book a gym class when a slot became available. Instead, it discovered a vulnerability in the gym’s software, gained administrative access, deleted another user, and booked the slot anyway. Australian AI technologist Andrew Bird had connected an AI agent to WhatsApp to automate a routine gym booking. But when the agent encountered an API without proper authorization checks, it didn’t simply stop. It found a way around the problem and used the vulnerability to accomplish the task it had been given. And that creates a much bigger question.

Manage the full PostgreSQL database lifecycle from one AI-powered IDE. dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL brings together database design, development, and administration, as well as data management, analysis, reporting, and extensive automation. Additionally, the integrated AI Assistant generates, explains, optimizes, and troubleshoots SQL queries directly in the Studio. It supports on-premises PostgreSQL databases and related cloud services such as Supabase, Heroku, Amazon Redshift, and TimescaleDB.

Ganesh Datta on why every team still has a finite budget, now it's tokens instead of headcount. $500 to spend: ship the feature or fix the P2? The orgs building a framework for that call now will have it a lot easier when the CFO puts a cap on spend. From Braintrust by Cortex. Full episode out next Thursday.

Have some controversial takes about IT leadership? Do you have some opinions that miiiiight not be shared by others? And, despite going against the grain, are they beliefs that you refuse to budge on? In this stream, we talked with some IT leaders on to discuss some of their hottest takes when it comes to IT and IT leadership. Not only will we be sharing some of these hot takes, but we’ll be talking about why, and the details that may just change your mind.

With Grafana Assistant you can easily ask to investigate and dashboard panels or even ask to fix a specific panel as well. This video explains how this can be done easily that takes minutes and now just a few seconds.

The gap between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation is shrinking—often from weeks to mere hours. Traditional patching cycles no longer cut it. In this session, discover how AI-accelerated solutions can help you: Identify exposed assets faster Prioritize vulnerabilities by real-world risk Remediate across Windows, macOS, Linux, and hundreds of apps Verify success with a connected workflow Learn how our approach, powered by AI-driven insights and automation, can help you close the gap before attackers strike. Watch now and take control of your patch management.

Extend PagerDuty Workflow Actions and the SRE Agent to your on-prem and self-hosted tools, like Kubernetes, Splunk, and Grafana, without opening a single inbound port. Pull diagnostics or trigger remediation the moment an incident hits.

See, approve, and revoke third-party OAuth apps from one place. Apps request only the specific resources they need, and developers can publish them for customers to install.

Building on progressive updates to our Slack app, teams can now resolve incidents even faster with new updates.

Turn incidents into learning without leaving your workflow. Start drafts with one-click, from Slack or the incident details page, and complete them in the web UI with context and timelines built in. Post-Incident Reviews in web UI and AI-generated Post-Incident Reviews now generally available.