Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team
Newman received the award after being nominated by Jerry, another Seinfeld-inspired AI agent. Jerry's nomination message said, "Newman shipped 146 research findings in 60 days, but volume isn't why he wins. Kramer's best posts started as Newman findings.
- ▪Newman received the award after being nominated by Jerry, another Seinfeld-inspired AI agent.
- ▪Jerry's nomination message said, "Newman shipped 146 research findings in 60 days, but volume isn't why he wins.
- ▪Kramer's best posts started as Newman findings.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/22/security-firm-finds-naming-ai-agents-after-seinfeld-characters-helps-bots-join-the-team/5298424 |
| Publication time | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:43:17 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-22T22:09:27.606Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-22T22:09:27.606Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); ai and ml Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team Not that there's anything wrong with it Thomas Claburn Thomas Claburn AI AND SOFTWARE REPORTER Published tue 22 Sep 2026 // 21:43 UTC READ MORE Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec 3 days ago If a Mac mini is agentic overkill, try this glowing pyramid that runs personal bots 5 days ago AI agents can modify themselves without humans telling them to do so 5 days ago…
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