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AI agents given harm budget instead of trust in new open-source system

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A developer has created an open-source system that assigns AI agents a "harm budget" instead of relying on trust, monitoring their actions and limiting them when they exceed a set monetary threshold. This system, tested in a simulated online shop environment using GigaChat agents, aims to quantify the financial risk associated with AI agent behavior. Initial experiments suggest that agents managed by this orchestrator performed significantly better financially than those without, and the system was able to detect and stop a deliberately broken agent. AI

IMPACT This system could provide a new framework for managing AI agent risk in commercial applications.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new open-source system for managing AI agents, which is a software tool.

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AI agents given harm budget instead of trust in new open-source system

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sergei Luzhnov ·

    I gave AI agents a harm budget instead of trust and ran 19 experiments

    <p>I run Xonta, a small marketplace where developers list AI agents with a description and a price. Pretty soon people looking at the listings started asking me the same thing. Can I trust this agent with my customers. With refunds, with emails, with money.</p> <p>I didn't have a…

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