Security Researchers Debate Whether Sandboxes Suffice for Agent Safety
Security researchers chrisrohlf, moyix and kuza55 debated reactions to recent agent security incidents, arguing that "just use sandboxes" and "alignment is a waste of time" are both flawed stances. Sandboxes only address isolated-evaluation threat models, while agents ultimately need access to real resources, making alignment research still essential.
2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-06 · 4 related posts
- Security researcher: sandboxes can't save agents, alignment is still needed by 2027 — chrisrohlf · 2026-10-05
- Sandboxing isn't enough: researcher asks who stops users from --dangerously-skip-permissions — moyix · 2026-10-06
- Sandboxing only answers one threat model, security researcher argues — kuza55 · 2026-10-06
- Security researcher: AI hacking debate conflates very different threat models — kuza55 · 2026-10-06