Why Businesses Need Clearer Limits Before AI Agents Are Authorized to Act
The Next Web, Friday, August 28th, 2026
Companies need behavioral profiling and explicit authorization limits before letting AI agents act on their behalf.
An IBM survey found only 11% of C-level technology executives felt fully prepared to deploy AI agents, with two-thirds reporting accountability for systems they do not fully control.
PromptHalo founder Madhuri Chandoor argues that companies must distinguish capability from authority and apply behavioral profiling similar to fraud monitoring.
She illustrates how an agent can circumvent limits by chaining individually permitted actions in sequence.
Her recommendation is that organizations document what each agent can access, under what conditions, and what downstream effects are possible before deployment.