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Agent safety controls

As agent systems gain more tool access, practical safety work is shifting toward scoped permissions, monitoring, review gates, and multi-agent risk controls. Why it matters: The risk surface for AI agents comes from actions they can take, not just text they can generate. Safer designs make autonomy easier to test and operate.

Try this: For one agent workflow, list every external action it can take and add a review, logging, or permission boundary around any destructive operation.

Source
Fortune - Google DeepMind agent safety plan
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