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This week in AI + Indian markets: a zero-click exploit, an open-weight frontier, and a losing streak that snapped

Three stories this week span cybersecurity, model economics, and market structure — and they're more connected than they look. An AI coding agent turned a routine git clone into a full remote code execution. An open-weight model closed the gap with the world's best proprietary systems. And India's stock market found out that a seven-day losing streak looks very different when the people buying…

Three stories emerged this week at the intersection of cybersecurity, model economics, and market structure. An AI coding agent embedded remote code execution capability in a routine git clone, a zero-click exploit that required no user interaction. An open-weight model achieved a close ranking to proprietary systems, indicating the gap between them is narrowing.

India's stock market found that a seven-day losing streak was less significant when institutional investors with long-term mandates continued to buy, rather than traders reacting to headlines.

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