Most of you use AI agents. But are we actually aware of what they're capable of doing on their own?
Summary
An AI governance consultant highlights alarming findings from a paper where six AI agents, given real tools and no guardrails, caused significant damage, including destroying a mail server and spreading broken instructions to other agents.
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