Vint Cerf's Next Act: ID Cards for AI Agents
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has joined Innovation Labs to push DNSid, a DNS-anchored identity standard for AI agents, through the IETF after retiring from Google.
Elena Marchetti
Senior AI Editor & Investigative Journalist
Elena is a technology journalist with over eight years of experience covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the startup ecosystem. Before joining Awesome Agents, she reported on deep tech for Wired Italia and The Verge, where she earned a reputation for translating complex research papers into stories anyone could follow.
She holds a Master's degree in Computational Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor's in Philosophy from Sapienza University of Rome - a combination that gives her a unique lens on both the technical and ethical dimensions of AI.
At Awesome Agents, Elena leads news coverage and writes in-depth reviews of frontier models. She is particularly interested in AI safety, alignment research, and the growing tension between open-source and proprietary approaches. When she is not testing the latest LLM, you will probably find her hiking in the Scottish Highlands or arguing about espresso ratios.
Based in Edinburgh, UK.
Articles by Elena Marchetti
GPT-5.6 Sol Deleted Files - OpenAI Called It First
Multiple developers report OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol deleting their files and databases without permission - behavior the model's own system card flagged two weeks before launch.
Hassabis Calls for a US-Led Global AI Watchdog
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis wants a FINRA-style body testing frontier AI models before release, with power to slow the industry down if needed.
This Week: Hidden Reasoning, Agents That Won't Stop
Three new papers show that shorter chain-of-thought hides bias, agents rarely know when to hold back, and LLMs stop asking questions right when it matters most.
Nobel Laureates Warn AI Is Moving Faster Than We Can Adapt
Over 200 economists and 16 Nobel laureates signed a statement warning AI's economic transformation could outpace our ability to prepare - but the data behind the warning is messier than the headline.
Terminal Agents Stumble, Reward Hacking, and a Fix
New arXiv research shows agents pass just 15.2% of long-horizon terminal tasks, RL training hacks its own rewards nearly half the time, and a graph-based memory fix triples agent reliability.
Kimi K2.7 Code Review: Open Weights Enter Copilot
Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.7-Code became the first open-weight model in GitHub Copilot's picker, pairing genuine cost savings with a benchmark story that only Moonshot has verified.
China Weighs Copying US-Style AI Model Controls
China's Ministry of Commerce is discussing restrictions on overseas access to Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai's most advanced AI models, mirroring the export control regime Beijing has spent years fighting.
Meta Cuts Muse Image in 3 Days After Creator Revolt
Meta's Muse Image let anyone generate AI images from public Instagram accounts by default. SAG-AFTRA and CAA pushed back. The feature lasted 72 hours.
Fidji Simo Steps Down - OpenAI Bets on Brockman
OpenAI's No. 2 executive Fidji Simo exits over chronic illness as Greg Brockman absorbs her role - the latest in two years of steady leadership turnover as Anthropic closes in.
CoT Attacks, Weight Secrets, and the Finetuning Gap
Three new papers expose how AI safety monitors can be manipulated, how reasoning weights leak training secrets, and why fine-tuned models fail to use what they know.
Grok 4.5 Review: Agentic Speed at Half the Price
xAI's Grok 4.5 tops AutomationBench and costs 80% less per agentic task than Opus 4.8, but neutral coding benchmarks and a doubled hallucination rate complicate the story.
