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The Dangerous Moment for an AI Agent Is When Its Task Changes

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Most AI agent permissions are approved at the start of a task and forgotten when the task expands. That’s where the control breaks. A support-summary agent may begin with permission to read selected customer records and produce an internal summary. The original request is narrow. The authority make…

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  1. 2026-10-27 11:31 · DEV Community — AI
    The Dangerous Moment for an AI Agent Is When Its Task Changes

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