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Tech executive warns of AI agents becoming dangerous if users give too much access

A stark warning has been issued by industry leaders regarding the next phase of automation. As AI agents move from simple assistants to "operators" with system-level permissions, the risk of catastrophic data breaches or autonomous errors increases.

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Tech executive warns of AI agents becoming dangerous if users give too much access

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Show threadMikey Pruitt3d ago

@Scottlem68 The permission creep is the part that worries me most. We're handing AI agents credentials that would make any pentester jealous.

The progression: read-only access, then write access, then admin, then "just connect to everything so it works better." By the time something goes wrong you've got an agent with prod database access, CI/CD keys, and cloud IAM permissions.

Human users get least privilege reviews. AI agents get whatever they ask for. #AIAgents #CyberSecurity