{"slug": "how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent", "title": "How to build a secure-by-default AI coding agent", "summary": "Anaconda's VP of Engineering for AI Products, Greg Jennings, discussed building a secure-by-default AI coding agent, emphasizing that prompts should not be treated as strict security guardrails and highlighting Anaconda's use of strategic acquisitions to secure the AI software supply chain.", "body_md": "[Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/) is a foundational platform for Python data science and machine learning, providing secure software supply chain governance and enterprise AI infrastructure.\n\n# How to build a secure-by-default AI coding agent\n\nRyan chats with Greg Jennings, VP of Engineering for AI Products at Anaconda, about what it takes to build a secure-by-default AI coding agent, why prompts shouldn't be treated as strict security guardrails, and how Anaconda is using strategic acquisitions to secure the AI software supply chain.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent", "canonical_source": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/09/04/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent/", "published_at": "2026-09-04 07:40:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 07:00:26.662201+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-agents", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Anaconda", "Greg Jennings"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-to-build-a-secure-by-default-ai-coding-agent.jsonld"}}