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THE TEST

SECTION 07

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONsafety6-12mconfidence / high

Every Agent Needs a Safety Case

Projection: before an agent receives consequential tools, it will need an evidence-backed safety case: operating envelope, threat model, permissions, evaluations, monitors, human duties, incident plan, and rollback conditions. Change the model or environment, and the case expires. Autonomy becomes a licensed configuration, not a permanent attribute.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

The agent index documents weak transparency across deployed agents; the safety report emphasizes layered safeguards and monitoring gaps.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    The 2025 AI Agent Index — published June 2026

    peer-reviewed transparency index / published 2026-06-25 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  2. S02
    International AI Safety Report 2026

    international scientific report / published 2026-02-03 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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