Why AI's Biggest Risk Isn’t Hallucination—It’s Unauthorized Execution

Forbes Councils member Lev Yatsemyrskyi argues that unauthorized execution, not hallucination, is the biggest risk posed by AI agents, drawing a distinction between telling an AI agent what not to do and designing a system that makes certain actions impossible. The piece frames the core challenge as one of system design rather than instruction-following.

Why AI's Biggest Risk Isn’t Hallucination—It’s Unauthorized Execution By Lev Yatsemyrskyi, Forbes Councils MemberSource: Forbes Innovation https://www.forbes.com/innovation/ Telling an AI agent /glossary/ai-agent what not to do is different from designing a system that makes certain actions impossible. Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.