Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’
2026-10-19 · TechCrunch
Microsoft is now openly warning that AI agents should be treated like insider threats because 'frontier models can't be trusted.' Nothing says 'the future is here' quite like the company pushing AI hardest telling everyone to watch these agents like suspicious employees. Even Microsoft admits their AI partners' models are basically untrustworthy actors with system access.