how are people approaching agentic ai security now that agents can take real actions, not just generate text
Summary
A discussion on the emerging security challenges when AI agents can take real actions (e.g., update records, call APIs) rather than just generate text, exploring needed infrastructure like scoped identities, policy layers, and action logging.
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