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The AI Security Gap: Why your autonomous agents are completely unprotected We’re building autonomous AI agents with access to file systems, APIs, and databases—then trusting their "system prompt" to keep them secure. This is like leaving your front door unlocked while posting a sign that says "Please don’t rob me." The reality is stark: modern agent architectures are fundamentally insecure by design. We repeat the internet’s 90s security mistakes at LLM speed. The Three Critical Holes 1. The ...

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