Agents Don't Get Hacked. They Get Asked.
Three incidents this week prove the same point, and it isn't the one most of the coverage led with.
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The Allowance Problem, Day 4: The Debit-Card Model for Agents
Cloudflare just gave AI agents wallets. Real stablecoins, capped spend, an identity per agent.
Read field note →The Allowance Problem, Day 3: More Supervision Doesn’t Equal More Judgment
Anthropic gave its AI shopkeeper a boss.
Read field note →The Allowance Problem, Day 2: The AI Boss Didn’t Save It
An AI agent ran a real shop, with an AI boss watching over it. It still ended the month ordering a PlayStation 5 and a live fish.
Read field note →The Allowance Problem: Credit Card or Debit Card?
We already ran the experiment: should AI agents get a credit card or a debit card?
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Would you give your AI agent a credit card or a debit card?
Read field note →Autonomous by default is a governance decision
when autonomous mode becomes the default, that is not just a product feature. It is a governance decision about identity, permissions, approvals, and observability.
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