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About Blog - Lauren PearlOne of the reasons AI agents break all our security infrastructure can be described like this:It's as if suddenly, we realized that our family dog has an uncanny talent for cookingSo now we want to make him our personal chef.The problem with this:Sparky might nail it on baking tasty treats, but we still can't trust him not to go bonkers and destroy the kitchen when a squirrel runs by.All of our basic kitchen protocols (for preventing fires, knife injuries, and general mayhem) were built over decades FOR HUMANS.They don't really work on Sparky.And the guardrails that used to keep dogs like Sparky safe-- Gating off certain rooms, leashes, crates --They don't work anymore either,Because we need him to be able to access the kitchen to do his job,But also, the kitchen is where he's most likely to burn down the house.It's the same with AI agents.We're attempting to give agents jobs that…
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