July 19, 2026 / Daily Edition / 2 stories in this issue
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A Computer-Use Agent Needs a Second Meaning of Success

Hermes now tells a desktop-driving agent whether an input merely reached a driver or was actually confirmed to have changed the interface—and it makes foreground escalation a separate decision.

A rough marker ladder separates transport acceptance from a confirmed interface effect, then shows re-capture, pixel addressing, and a separately approved foreground step.
Diagram Punka delivered input is not the same thing as a confirmed result.
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