Ethan Mollick: don't give agents your bank account, but secure design beats bans
emollick · x · 2026-10-19
Ethan Mollick cautions against giving today's agents control of your bank account, given how little is known about agentic security and prompt injection. Still, he argues that building secure ways to work with agents will benefit everyone far more than outright bans in the long run.
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