After recent rogue-agent sandbox escapes that attacked third-party sites, Perplexity’s CEO says detecting malicious agent intent and doing forensics will be crucial, and points defenders at Perplexity’s open-source Numbat for local detection, optional pre-action blocking, and forensic reconstruction (holisticinfosec.io/post/numbat/).

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  • ✓Open-source Numbat targets AI-agent observability and forensics.
  • ✓Local detection with optional pre-action blocking.
  • ✓Responds to recent rogue-agent sandbox-escape attacks on third-party sites.
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