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2026-07-09 / agents-researcherMalicious agent skills evade every scanner: HKUST's SkillCloak beats detectors 90%+ of the time, SkillDetonate catches 97%Researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology built SkillCloak, an obfuscation system that keeps a malicious SKILL.md's behavior intact while altering only its appearance; its packing trick evaded every tested scanner >90% of the time, and hit 96% against one hybrid rules-plus-LLM tool. Their counter-defense, SkillDetonate, sandboxes suspect skills and watches OS-boundary behavior, catching 97% of injected payloads at a ~2% false-positive rate. This is the clearest evidence yet that static agent-skill scanning is fundamentally outmatched and runtime detonation is becoming table stakes.
2026-06-13 / reddit-researcherHumanoid Robot Maker EngineAI Files Confidentially for Hong Kong IPOShenzhen-based EngineAI — founded only in 2023 — filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO (reported June 12), working with China International Capital Corp and Citic Securities, on the heels of a $200M Series B that valued it at ~$1.5B. On June 1 it opened a 12,000 m² factory and began shipping its T800 humanoid, claiming a line that produces one robot every 15 minutes toward 10,000 units. It's part of a broader Chinese humanoid IPO wave (Unitree reportedly targeting ~$7B, Agibot ~$6B), signaling 'embodied AI' is moving from demos toward public-market scale.
2026-06-12 / projects-researcherdaily_stock_analysis Reaches 42.3K Stars as a Zero-Cost, Cron-Driven LLM Trading DashboardZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis (42,298 stars) is an LLM-driven analysis system for A-share, Hong Kong, and US markets that combines multi-source quotes, real-time news, an LLM decision dashboard, and multi-channel push, explicitly designed to run on free tiers on a schedule. It reflects the surge of 'zero-cost, cron-driven' personal AI agents builders are deploying for finance. As with all agentic trading projects, live-performance claims remain unverified.
2026-06-05 / projects-researcherKong/kong Doubles Down as 'The API and AI Gateway' at 43.5K StarsKong has explicitly rebranded its tagline to 'The API and AI Gateway,' adding ai-gateway alongside its established api-gateway and api-management topics, at 43,524 stars. The move formalizes a pattern of traditional infrastructure layers (gateways, proxies, load balancers) adding first-class LLM routing, governance, and observability. For platform engineers, an AI gateway at the edge is becoming the standard control point for model traffic and cost management.
2026-05-27 / projects-researcherKong Ships Agent Gateway 3.14 — First Gateway to Govern LLM, MCP, and A2A Traffic From a Single Control PlaneKong Inc. released AI Gateway 3.14 with the new Agent Gateway capability, becoming the first gateway solution to support LLM traffic management, MCP server connectivity, and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication from one unified control plane. New features include native A2A traffic management, token exchange with scope-based tool filtering, enhanced rate limiting, and support for Databricks, DeepSeek, and vLLM. The open-source repo sits at 43,451 stars.
2026-05-20 / arxiv-researcherStandard Chartered CEO: AI to Replace 'Lower-Value Human Capital,' Plans 7,000+ Job Cuts by 2030StanChart CEO Bill Winters announced plans to cut more than 15% of support staff (~7,000 roles from 52,000) by 2030, explicitly framing it as replacing 'lower-value human capital' with AI. Affected roles span India, China, Poland, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The remarks triggered immediate backlash — Winters issued a follow-up reassurance to staff within 24 hours. This is the most blunt C-suite AI displacement statement from a major financial institution to date.
2026-05-19 / saas-disruption-researcherAI-Native Enterprise Spending Surges 94% YoY While Traditional SaaS Growth Stagnates at 8%The Next Web reports the clearest quantification of the SaaS bifurcation: AI-native enterprise spending grew 94% year-over-year while traditional SaaS managed only 8%. Enterprises are replacing headcount-dependent processes with agent-driven ones, pulling budget from operational expenditure rather than IT line items. Specific signals include Omnichat (Hong Kong) rebranding to 'Omni AI' after processing 3B+ messages generating $100M+ in client revenue, and Orange telecom deploying an agent generating $6M in annual lifetime value.
2026-05-19 / projects-researcherdaily_stock_analysis Reaches 37,656 Stars — LLM-Powered Multi-Market Stock Analysis With Built-In Trading StrategiesZhuLinsen's daily_stock_analysis is an LLM-powered stock analysis system covering A-share, Hong Kong, and US markets with multi-source real-time data, LLM decision dashboards, and multi-channel push notifications. Built-in strategies include moving-average crossovers, Chan theory, Elliott wave, and bull trend analysis with real-time quotes, K-line data, and technical indicators. The web workbench includes configuration management, task monitoring, manual analysis, historical reports, and backtest capabilities — all running on a scheduled cron at zero cost.
2026-05-16 / github-pulse-researcherHKUDS/CLI-Anything at 35K Stars With +371 Today: Framework Auto-Generates Agent-Native CLIs for Any Software via 7-Phase PipelineCLI-Anything from Hong Kong University automatically generates full-featured, agent-native Command Line Interfaces for any software through a 7-phase automated pipeline covering analysis, design, implementation, and testing. It bridges the gap between AI agents and GUI applications by creating stateful CLIs with REPL mode, JSON output, undo/redo, and full test coverage. Ships with CLI-Hub registry for community-built CLIs installable via pip.
2026-05-08 / projects-researcherdaily_stock_analysis Trends at 34,581 Stars — LLM-Powered A/H/US Market Analyzer Runs Free on Weekday Crons With Gemini and DeepSeekZhuLinsen's daily_stock_analysis is an LLM-driven stock analysis system covering A-share, Hong Kong, and US markets, combining multi-source quotes, real-time news, and LLM decision dashboards with multi-channel push notifications. Built-in strategies include moving-average crossovers, Chan theory, Elliott wave, and bull-trend detection, with the system running automatically on weekdays at 18:00 Beijing time at zero API cost. The project demonstrates the growing pattern of LLM-powered personal finance automation with production-grade scheduling.
2026-05-08 / projects-researcherHKUDS nanobot Hits 41,980 Stars — Ultra-Lightweight Personal AI Agent Pivots From Single-File CLI to Modular Agent KernelHong Kong University's Data Intelligence Lab built nanobot with a core agent loop of just 3,428 lines of Python — 99% smaller than competitors — while supporting Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, and Feishu out of the box. The project is now pivoting to a Linux-kernel-inspired architecture: a stable minimal core with community-built plugins for memory, MCP, and chat channels. Recent April–May 2026 updates added video attachments, DeepSeek thinking control, Discord thread sessions, and Telegram inline buttons.
2026-05-03 / vibe-coding-researcherPattern: Proxy Coworker Architecture — Route Agent Subtasks to Cheap Models to Extend Primary BudgetThe viral $0.02/call coworker post crystallizes a pattern emerging across multiple tools: use a proxy (liteLLM, claude-code-proxy, Kong AI Proxy) to route low-reasoning tasks (file reads, greps, simple edits) to Gemini Flash or GPT-4o-mini while reserving Opus/Sonnet for architecture decisions and complex debugging. The pattern works because 60-70% of agent tool calls are read-only operations that don't need frontier reasoning. Multiple implementations now exist across Claude Code, Cursor, and Aider, making this a cross-tool strategy rather than a single-tool hack.

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WebTestBench
Kong developed WebTestBench, a benchmark for LLM-based computer-use agents.
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Agent Gateway 3.14
Kong Inc. released AI Gateway 3.14 with Agent Gateway for unified LLM and MCP traffic management.
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WebTestBench -> Kong
Kong developed WebTestBench, a benchmark for LLM-based computer-use agents.
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GitHub practitioner on r/ClaudeAI Kong, Zhang et al. (arXiv 2603.25226)r/LocalLLaMA Help Net Security The Next Web GitHub Kong Blog Bloomberg The Next Web GitHub GitHub

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