The Cyber Why: What We Read This Week...

After a long weekend of family time, TCW is back at it again with a new drop!

This week, the TCW team learns about the “Agentic Economy,” debates the Telegram CEO’s arrest, and cries over a city playing the blame game with a researcher. We discuss the issue of cybersecurity delusion and learn one million checkbox lessons in creativity. All this and more in this week’s The Cyber Why!

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The Agentic Economy: How Billions of AI Agents Will Transform Our World (Kyle Gomez)

We will open this week’s TCW with a bit of futurism. The article explores the rise of the "Agentic Economy," where autonomous AI agents will handle everything from shopping to complex negotiations on our behalf. These digital minions could transform industries, labor markets, and even our day-to-day lives by making us either incredibly efficient or utterly irrelevant. While the idea of AIs doing our light work sounds appealing, the author also hints at the unsettling possibility of these agents outpacing human control, making decisions that could redefine what it means to work and exist in the economy.

The future of human work in an "Agentic Economy" looks both promising and unsettling. On one hand, AI agents could free us from mundane tasks and boost productivity, giving us more time for creative or meaningful pursuits. On the other hand, these same agents might outcompete humans in many jobs, leading to potential job displacement and a rethinking of what "work" even means. In short, AI might be our new colleague—or our biggest competition. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

Telegram’s CEO Is Going To Be Staying In France Longer Than Expected

Telegram CEO Durov placed under formal investigation and banned from leaving France (France24)
Who Is Pavel Durov? Telegram CEO Charged With Multiple Crimes In France (Forbes)
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Linked to Sweeping Criminal Investigation (WIRED)

(Rick pick) Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is currently