A developer has built GoodRoom.verify, an MCP sidecar that adds passkey-backed human approval to high-risk agent actions. The system pauses configured actions while an operator verifies via WebAuthn, …
Microsoft announced that passkeys will become the default authentication method in Microsoft Entra ID, transitioning from SMS and voice authentication beginning September 1, 2026, to combat AI-driven …
Yubico announced the general availability of YubiKey 5.8, extending hardware-backed assurance from authentication to digital signatures, wallets, payments, and AI-driven approval workflows. The new fi…
Yubico launched YubiKey 5.8, a hardware security key that extends beyond authentication to verified authorization, enabling hardware-backed signing of digital actions and trusted human-in-the-loop app…
Familiar is a new open-source, AI-enabled workspace that combines chat, notes, wikis, and automations, designed to run locally with support for local AI models and passkey-based security. The tool, bu…
OpenAI is requiring members of its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to enable Advanced Account Security with a hardware-backed passkey by 1 September 2026 or lose access to frontier cyber-capabl…
OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program introduces identity-gated refusal tiers for AI security tools, shifting trust from prompt analysis to authenticated user identity. The system uses claims-base…
Developer NotASithLord released peerd, an open-source AI agent harness that runs entirely inside the browser as a Chrome/Firefox extension, enabling agents to read and drive web pages, spin up sandbox…
EMILIA, a new protocol for human-in-the-loop AI agent approvals, launched a demonstration allowing users to approve an $82,000 wire transfer using Face ID via WebAuthn, then watch the verification pro…
Chrome 149 has introduced Immediate UI mode for passkeys and passwords, a new web capability that streamlines user sign-in by allowing the browser to proactively offer saved credentials without redire…