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What Happens When Your AI Agent Lies (And How to Stop It) (opens in new tab)

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I spent a week building an AI resume tailor that could generate tailored applications in bulk. The first prototype worked great until it invented a candidate's entire job history. A completely made-up role at a real company. The candidate would have submitted it, the employer would have received it, and the trust would have been shattered. That was my first real lesson in why AI agents need hard guardrails. Not polite suggestions. Hard, non-bypassable constraints. The Hallucination Trap Isn't...

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