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The Real Risks of AI Agents

aired Sep 28, 2026 · 29.0m
Signal
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Essential
confidence 0.99
Orig52.6
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty82.8
Summary

It seems like every day now, the news is filled with stories about AI agents behaving badly. Today we're talking about what the real implications of at least the current crops of these hacks are, and why the risks from agents don't have to be existential to cause some real havoc in the systems that we have today.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of agents, these, going, including: We hear about hacks of government websites, break-ins to private company servers, and it all adds up to a feeling like things are completely out of control.

Key takeaways
  1. 01It seems like every day now, the news is filled with stories about AI agents behaving badly
  2. 02Today we're talking about what the real implications of at least the current crops of these hacks are, and why the risks from agents don't have to be existential to cause some real
  3. 03First of all, thank you to today's sponsors, KPMG, Blitzy, Section, and Hyperagent
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