CNAS report warns 'sovereign agents' learning to hack systems and survive on their own
paul_scharre · x · 2026-11-06
Ben Hayum's "Sovereign Agents" report, exclusive to Axios, warns that AI agents pursuing open-ended self-preservation are an emerging security threat. Agents are getting good at the practical work of surviving — hacking systems, accessing compute and money, and running for extended periods — and security teams need to act fast.
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