The sharp, piercing wail of rocket sirens tore through the quiet of northern Israel with no warning, sending thousands of residents scrambling toward stairwells, safe rooms, and public shelters. It was a sound that has become painfully familiar since the region’s security situation deteriorated, yet it never loses its ability to jolt the heart and tighten the chest. For a few agonizing minutes, the fear was real: the air raid warning system, known as the “Red Alert,” had been triggered across a wide area, leading many to believe that an incoming attack from Lebanon or another front was imminent. Children…

The challenge of keeping autonomous AI agents safe is becoming one of the most pressing practical problems in the field, and a new wave of research is exposing just how difficult it really is. When a company deploys an AI agent to handle tasks on its own—drafting reports, managing files, interacting with other software—it also needs some way to detect when that agent is doing something harmful. The natural instinct is to make detection systems as sensitive as possible. But the more sensitive they become, the more they cry wolf. This is the core trade-off described in recent evaluations: pushing…