AI agents are fast, loose, and out of control, MIT study finds

The majority of agentic AI systems disclose nothing about what safety testing, and many systems have no documented way to shut down a rogue bot, a study by MIT found.

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ZDNET's key takeaways 

• Agentic AI technology is marked by a lack of disclosure about risks. 
• Some systems are worse than others. 
• AI developers need to step up and take responsibility.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with responses from Perplexity, OpenAI, and IBM.

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