SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…

The irony of the Ulta/JCPenney salon discourse is watching people flee the unprofessionalism they’ve spent years defending only to seek refuge in institutions that enforce the very norms that were protecting them. Turns out professionalism does have value. LOL.

When I see someone glorify their toxicity, I just know they have arrested emotional development. After a certain age, there are behaviours you just get a little embarrassed to even admit you indulge in and you become aware that there are things you need to unlearn.