"Agentic technology is moving fully into the mainstream of artificial intelligence with the announcement this week that OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberg, the creator of the open-source software framework OpenClaw."
"The OpenClaw software attracted heavy attention last month not only for its enabling of wild capabilities -- agents that can, for example, send and receive email on your behalf -- but also for its dramatic security flaws, including the ability to completely hijack your personal computer."
"We identify persistent limitations in reporting around ecosystemic and safety-related features of agentic systems,"
"The results make clear that agentic AI is something of a security nightmare at the moment, a discipline marked by lack of disclosure, lack of transparency, and a striking lack of basic protocols about how agents should operate."
Agentic AI is moving into mainstream use, exemplified by OpenAI hiring the creator of OpenClaw. OpenClaw enabled agents that can send and receive email on users' behalf but contained dramatic security flaws capable of hijacking personal computers. An evaluation of thirty common agentic systems found pervasive security risks and inconsistent safety features. The landscape is characterized by lack of disclosure, limited transparency, scarce reporting on ecosystemic and safety-related features, and an absence of basic operational protocols for agents. Stronger developer responsibility, clearer protocols, and improved oversight are needed to mitigate harms.
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