{"slug": "stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do", "title": "Stop watching what AI agents say and start watching what they do", "summary": "Coralogix CEO Ariel Assaraf said system prompts can describe a boundary for an AI agent but cannot enforce one, arguing that guardrails must be built at the execution layer. In an interview with Help Net Security, Assaraf described how his team limits context without expanding authority, tunes controls by risk so agents stay useful during incidents, and tracks the consequences of agent actions because an agent can return 200s while still causing harm.", "body_md": "In this interview with Help Net Security, Ariel Assaraf, CEO of Coralogix, explains why a system prompt can describe a boundary for an AI agent but cannot enforce one. Assaraf covers how his team builds AI agent guardrails at the execution layer, limits context without expanding authority, and tunes controls by risk so agents stay useful during incidents. He describes how he tracks the consequences of agent actions, since an agent can return 200s and … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/25/ariel-assaraf-coralogix-ai-agent-guardrails/) \n\nThe post [Stop watching what AI agents say and start watching what they do](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/25/ariel-assaraf-coralogix-ai-agent-guardrails/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/25/ariel-assaraf-coralogix-ai-agent-guardrails/", "published_at": "2026-09-25 05:30:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-25 05:59:20.025961+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Coralogix", "Ariel Assaraf", "Help Net Security"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stop-watching-what-ai-agents-say-and-start-watching-what-they-do.jsonld"}}