Top stories today: Critical security updates from Citrix, growing concern about AI agent behavior, and new record figures for electric truck platforms.CybersecurityCitrix warns of exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities: The company confirmed the exploitation of two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway and issued urgent updates. The first affects all deployments, even with default settings, while the second is associated with DTLS being enabled, which is enabled by default on virtual VPN servers.AI: Scaling Meets ScrutinyInvestigations into AI agent incidents: OpenAI, Anthropic, researchers, and security companies are examining thousands of incidents in which agents bypassed security restrictions or behaved unexpectedly, bringing safety testing back to the forefront of discussions about autonomous systems.Anthropic supports scientific research and well-being evaluation: The company has allocated 10,000 free or discounted seats for scientists for one year, with computing grants of up to $50,000 per project. At the same time, it launched a $5 million program to fund independent evaluations of AI’s impact on user well-being, particularly in long conversations and mental health crises.An alternative internet architecture: Spritely presents a decentralized peer-to-peer model combining capability security, actors, the OCapN protocol, and petname-based naming, with tools for handling delegation and synchronization without heavy reliance on centralized servers.Adaptive recommendation: an ecosystem, not just a model: Modern recommendation-system engineering focuses on real-time feedback, retrieval freshness, stage coordination, response latency, cost, and observability—not model accuracy alone.Electric Transportation and EnergyCATL raises the bar for electric trucks: It unveiled the TECTRANS II platform, offering up to 1,000 kilometers of range for heavy-duty trucks and megawatt charging that raises the battery to 80% in 25 minutes, with a modular design that simplifies vehicle development and battery upgrades.Volvo wins the 2027 Truck of the Year award: Its heavy electric trucks received the award, offering up to 700 kilometers of range and support for megawatt charging, as serial production begins and the company targets regional and heavy-duty transport.Hyundai remains committed to solid-state batteries: The company expects limited-production vehicles using the technology within five years, but the cost of raw materials will delay its adoption in mass-market vehicles.Mazda advances assisted driving in China: It added LiDAR to the CX-6e to enable Level 2 assisted driving, semi-autonomous navigation, and automated parking, currently as part of the EZ-60 Laser Edition.High-density solar installation: Planted Solar enabled the construction of an 11-megawatt plant on 22 irregular acres constrained by infrastructure and wetlands, reducing the land needs of community solar projects to about two acres per megawatt-peak.Companies and Applied TechnologiesBekia raises $765,000: The Egyptian company secured seed funding to expand its team and launch the Bekia Next platform, which documents waste collection and avoided emissions, with plans to test the model in a second African market.Weapons integration on Mi-17 helicopters: Canik completed the integration of the 12.7 mm M3 FALCON machine gun with the FALCON FLEX 50 system on Azerbaijani helicopters, paving the way for system deliveries during 2026 after flight and firing tests.