Excessive agency in LLMs: The growing risk of unchecked autonomy

For an AI agent to “think” and act autonomously, it must be granted agency; that is, it must be allowed to integrate with other systems, read and analyze data, and have permissions to execute commands. However, as these systems gain deep access to information systems, a growing concern is mounting about their excessive agency – the security risk of entrusting these tools with so much power, access, and information. Say that an LLM is granted … More →

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