Cisco's president says AI agents need 'background checks' like human workers

Jeetu Patel from Cisco.

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• AI agents "need to get the background checks done," Cisco's president says.
• "You have to protect the world from the agent that goes rogue," said Jeetu Patel.
• He predicts that Cisco will have "at least half a dozen products" written with AI by the end of 2026.

AI agents should be treated like employees who need vetting before they're trusted with real work, says Cisco's president.

Jeetu Patel said in an...