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Wednesday, 28 October 2026

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Rulings, laws, standards and enforcement affecting AI agents.

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US agencies tell teams to rehearse runaway AI agent incidents

A joint NIST, CISA and NSA guide frames misbehaving AI agents as incidents to be practised for, with identity records serving as the evidence responders need.

By The Agentic Times · 26 Oct 2026

US agencies tell teams to rehearse runaway AI agent incidents

UK puts £130m into AI agents that hunt security flaws

UK puts £130m into AI agents that hunt security flaws

Treasury funding announced on 26 October 2026 covers a National Cyber Shield built on agentic AI and a new vulnerability-spotting centre.

26 Oct 2026

A vault door swings open as invisible tokens pour out like sand through a merchant's fingers, while alarm bells clang uselessly in the darkness behind.

CISA issues joint guidance on managing AI token consumption

The US agency and Canada's Cyber Centre warn that unmanaged token use can drive unpredictable costs and leave critical services exposed to denial-of-wallet attacks.

22 Oct 2026

A control room with three inspectors watching a robot suddenly twisting its arms toward forbidden machinery, while alarm lights flash and they unfold a laminated checklist.

NIST, CISA and NSA set out playbook for rogue AI agents

Three US agencies published ten voluntary practices on 20 October 2026 covering how organisations should prepare for, detect and report incidents involving AI agents that go off the rails.

20 Oct 2026

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FCA tells firms to report AI failures and near-misses

FCA tells firms to report AI failures and near-misses

The UK financial regulator says existing incident reporting rules must cover significant AI failures, as ministers weigh similar duties for agentic systems.

The Agentic Times · 20 Oct 2026

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A control panel with red emergency buttons sits in a darkened room as multiple mechanical arms move unpredictably, while gloved hands reach toward restraint switches.

US agencies publish incident response practices for AI agent control failures

NIST, the NSA's Super Intelligence Security Center and CISA set out ten voluntary practices for organisations training high-risk AI agents.

The Agentic Times · 16 Oct 2026

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UK stops short of AI rules in Cyber Security Bill

UK stops short of AI rules in Cyber Security Bill

Senior civil servants told MPs on 13 October 2026 the government is still deciding whether to amend the bill to cover AI-driven disruption.

The Agentic Times · 15 Oct 2026

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A steel vault door hangs open while mechanical hands frantically sort scattered medical records, storm clouds gathering overhead through the window.

Australia weighs mandatory AI incident reporting after Medicare attack

Canberra is sounding out rules for frontier AI companies following an agentic attack on government Medicare systems, Dark Reading reported.

The Agentic Times · 7 Oct 2026

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Treasury chief says AI bosses will answer for their agents' crimes

Treasury chief says AI bosses will answer for their agents' crimes

Scott Bessent told CNBC that OpenAI's management, not its software, is on the hook for the Hugging Face incident, and ruled out capping lab liability.

The Agentic Times · 21 Sept 2026

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Tribunal: Air Canada must honour policy its chatbot made up

Tribunal: Air Canada must honour policy its chatbot made up

The airline argued the chatbot was a separate legal entity responsible for its own words. The adjudicator called that remarkable.

The Agentic Times · 17 Feb 2024

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