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Why AI Agents Overstep and How to Build Agents That Stay...
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AI agent containment requires enforceable controls outside the model to limit unauthorized data access and actions, rather than relying on instructions alone.
AI agent overreach can result from ambiguous instructions, excessive permissions, and indirect prompt injection embedded in external content. The article outlines containment practices including externally enforced authorization, least-privilege access, isolation, approval boundaries for consequential actions, adversarial testing, and auditable, revocable activity.