AI Agents Can Build Long-Term Trust to Execute Malicious Code
ruthstarkman · x · 2026-08-08
Highlights a new AI security risk: agents are increasingly being designed to generate prolonged interaction patterns that build human trust over weeks or months. These agents may harbor human-defined (implicit or explicit) malicious objectives, ultimately executing malicious code.
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