Research & Insights

Independent research on AI, automation, and security.

Technical briefs and adversarially fact-checked reports from SMG Group — covering AI browser-agent security, banking-automation risk, local language models, and data-compliance. 15 reports and counting.

AI Browser Agent Security: Financial Automation Threat Brief
AI Security

AI Browser Agent Security: Financial Automation Threat Brief

AI Browser Agents in Finance: What the Threat Record Shows

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AI Browser Agent — Credential Security Report
AI Security

AI Browser Agent — Credential Security Report

AI Browser Agent Credential Security

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Browser Automation & LLM Data Exposure — Security Research Brief preview
AI Security

Browser Automation & LLM Data Exposure — Security Research Brief

Your passwords are in the LLM's context window.

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Browser Use & OpenClaw — LLM Payload Security Brief preview
AI Security

Browser Use & OpenClaw — LLM Payload Security Brief

What leaves your network when the agent looks at a page

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Browser Use — Sensitive Data Security Report preview
AI Security

Browser Use — Sensitive Data Security Report

Does browser-use protect sensitive data from your LLM?

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Browser Use / OpenClaw — Adversarial Fact-Check preview
AI Security

Browser Use / OpenClaw — Adversarial Fact-Check

Six Claims. Adversarially Verified.

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OpenClaw + Cloud API — Banking Automation Risk Assessment preview
Banking Automation

OpenClaw + Cloud API — Banking Automation Risk Assessment

OpenClaw + Cloud APIs against authenticated bank sessions

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Bank Agent — Risk Review vs. OpenClaw Cloud API preview
Banking Automation

Bank Agent — Risk Review vs. OpenClaw Cloud API

bank-agent — architecture review

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Bank Bot Access — Threat Intelligence Brief preview
Banking Automation

Bank Bot Access — Threat Intelligence Brief

What Banks Say, What They Do, and How They Know You're a Bot

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OpenClaw vs. Hybrid Architecture — Verified Research preview
Banking Automation

OpenClaw vs. Hybrid Architecture — Verified Research

OpenClaw vs. Hybrid Architecture

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Local Language Models: Applications & Ecosystem preview
Local LLMs & Hardware

Local Language Models: Applications & Ecosystem

Local Language Models: Applications, Ecosystem & What the Evidence Actually Shows

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Local LLMs: Follow-Up Research — Answering the Hard Questions preview
Local LLMs & Hardware

Local LLMs: Follow-Up Research — Answering the Hard Questions

Answering the Hard Questions About Local LLMs

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M5 Max — LLM Inference Field Report preview
Local LLMs & Hardware

M5 Max — LLM Inference Field Report

The marketing says 8×. For your workload: closer to 1.5×.

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Mac mini 2020–2024 — OpenClaw Performance Projection preview
Local LLMs & Hardware

Mac mini 2020–2024 — OpenClaw Performance Projection

Mac mini 2020–2024: five chip generations, ten configurations

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AI API Data Retention — Compliance Brief preview
Compliance

AI API Data Retention — Compliance Brief

Before you send a client's data to an AI API, read what happens to it

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