Most AI agents are less secure than their builders realize, researcher warns
Annual_Proposal_5054 · reddit · 2026-08-19
A researcher argues that most AI agents are less secure than their builders realize. While agent security discussion focuses heavily on prompt injection, the bigger question once an agent can call tools, access data, send messages, or move money is: what can someone actually make the agent do? They are researching this area and ask builders running agents in production what security problem worries them most.
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