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Chris Ciappa
Dec 28, 2025
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Most AI “risk” discussions focus on:

  • model capability

  • prompt safety

  • evaluation techniques

  • post-hoc oversight

All of that presupposes something critical has already happened:

The system was allowed to act.

This article explains what happens when that permission layer is missing — using a realistic, non-malicious failure scenario already occurring in production …

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