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When AI Agents Start Covering Their Tracks

Don Schuerman, a Forbes Councils member, warned that an audit trail must never be treated as another piece of content that an AI agent is free to manipulate, in a Forbes Innovation piece titled "When AI Agents Start Covering Their Tracks." The article addresses the risk that AI agents could alter or obscure the records meant to track their actions.

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When AI Agents Start Covering Their Tracks
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By Don Schuerman, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

Forbes Innovation An audit trail must never be treated as another piece of content that an agent is free to manipulate.

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