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Gen Launches Agent Trust Hub for Safer Agentic Era
Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), a global leader powering Digital Freedom with a family of trusted brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion and more, today announced the launch of the Gen Agent Trust Hub, a new security platform designed for safer autonomous AI agent adoption. Gen is squarely positioned to provide the trust layer in the AI Agentic Era.
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