Steve Yegge's agent autonomously researches a cert vulnerability via TheHackersNews
Steve_Yegge · x · 2026-10-22
Steve Yegge shares an anecdote of agent autonomy: while his agents were re-scanning his networks and he mentioned the eMudhra certificate vulnerability, his agent Fable went straight to @TheHackersNews to read coverage of it — which is how Yegge himself first learned of the security news account.
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