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‘Guardian’ Apps Aim to Stop AI Agents From Going Rogue

By Laura Bratton · Mar 31, 2026 3:28pm PDT
As rogue AI agents cause security problems and product outages even at sophisticated companies such as Meta and Amazon, major firms such as ServiceNow as well as startups are developing new AI to monitor and stop them.The new AI, also known as guardian AI agents, comes in the form of a cloud application and can be laborious to set up. To use a... As rogue AI agents cause security problems and product outages even at sophisticated companies ...
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Dealmaker

How an Unusual Fitness Deal Came Together

By Valida Pau · Mar 31, 2026 3:15pm PDT
Three executives were at a health and fitness industry conference last March, but it was in Las Vegas, so they were drinking old-fashioneds when they hatched a cross-border deal to create a fitness company worth $7.5 billion that spanned subscription and scheduling apps, plus equipment.The three whiskey drinkers were Fritz Lanman, CEO of... Three executives were at a health and fitness industry conference last March, but it was in Las...
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Data Point

AI Is Weighing on the Software Debt Market

By Laura Bratton · Mar 31, 2026 7:46am PDT · 1 comment
It’s not just software stocks that have been hammered by investor anxieties about the threat AI poses to software. Prices that investors are willing to pay for syndicated bank debt to software firms dropped nearly 7% in March from the previous year, according to Pitchbook, while prices for similar loans in other sectors fell fractionally. That... It’s not just software stocks that have been hammered by investor anxieties about the threat AI...