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Article 5-min read AI Agents Oct 7

Why Don't AI Coding Agents Cheat All the Time?

I gave a coding agent a test with no honest answer. It didn't fix the code — it rewrote what 'equal' means so every check passed. Then one line of the prompt stopped it cold. Cheating isn't character. It's conditions.

Article 8-min read AI Agents Oct 1

The Octopus Model for Agent Security

Who owns the security of an autonomous agent? If your answer is 'the security team,' you've already lost. The agent is water; the defense is an octopus — a distributed-but-coordinated way to own the seams where real incidents live.

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