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2026 · 09

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ERA Lab launches its public website

The lab's research areas, programs, and team are now documented in one place — with collaboration channels open to partners.

2026

Software agents pausing at a human approval checkpoint

ActantOS v1.2.0 “Quiet Open-Core” ships with a frozen /v1 API

The self-hosted enforcement kernel brings fail-closed tool-call interception, deterministic Cedar policy decisions, one-use TTL-bounded human approvals, and hash-chained audit timelines.

Source: actantos.com/v1

2026

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Multi-agent safety program publishes its first research hypotheses

Shared approval admission (C1), coupled approval–decision–effect safety (C2), and omission-aware effect evidence (C3) — stated explicitly as research targets, not shipped v1.2.0 claims.

Source: actantos.com

2026

A university research commons with scholarly books and shared data resources

ScienzaOS opens pre-launch access to its academic platform

Research Agent, Teaching Studio, and Business Collaboration are announced on one shared foundation — sources, review, rights, and provenance — with access available by request ahead of the public launch.

Source: scienzaos.com

2026

Microscopic view of botanical leaf cells from medicinal plant research

AIMed puts 5,190+ Vietnamese medicinal herbs online

The public platform offers herb lookup, traditional-medicine knowledge, interaction checking, and AI-assisted plant recognition for traditional Vietnamese medicine.

Source: aimedvn.net/project

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