Why it matters
AI-based assistants or "agents" -- autonomous programs that have access to the user's computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task -- are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertiv
My takeaway: Directly relevant to this site: assistants blur the line between helper, integration point, and insider-equivalent actor. The main takeaway is that agent security needs to treat permissions, tool use, and context access as first-class attack surfaces.