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What Is Excessive Agency | Arize AI
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Why it matters
Excessive agency increases the real-world impact of agent errors or manipulation, making least-privilege access and approval gates important defensive controls.
Arize's glossary defines excessive agency as granting AI agents more tools, permissions, or autonomy than their tasks require. The entry explains three root causes and recommends task-scoped access, human confirmation for high-impact actions, and safety evaluations; it does not report a specific exploit or incident.