"AI agents should be treated like employees who need vetting before they're trusted with real work, says Cisco's president. Jeetu Patel said in an interview with Euonews Next published on Wednesday that AI agents working on our behalf "need to get the background checks done," just like human employees. As companies race to deploy autonomous AI systems that can write code, handle workflows, and make decisions, security needs to evolve just as quickly, he said."
"Patel's comments come as Cisco accelerates its own AI adoption. He predicts that by the end of 2026, the company will have "at least half a dozen products" written entirely with AI, with no human-written lines of code, he said. "We won't have developers at Cisco that don't use AI as a core habit within the way that they get the job done," he said."
"Tech leaders are going all in on AI agents. StackBlitz CEO Eric Simons told Business Insider he wants more AI agents than human employees at his startup this year - a milestone that reflects a broader transformation sweeping the software industry. AI can already write code, manage tasks, and coordinate across platforms. OpenClaw, a personal AI assistant that works across messaging apps, is one example of how agents can operate on a human's behalf with minimal involvement."
AI agents should be treated like employees and require background checks before being entrusted with real work. Security must evolve to protect agents from external attacks and to prevent agents from going rogue. Companies are racing to deploy autonomous AI systems that can write code, handle workflows, and make decisions. Cisco plans to accelerate AI adoption and expects at least half a dozen products written entirely by AI by the end of 2026. Developers will adopt AI as a core habit. Workers need to use AI effectively to remain competitive. Startups and tools like StackBlitz and OpenClaw demonstrate agent-driven automation across tasks and messaging platforms.
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