Shift Agent Safety from Training to Runtime Contracts
August 10, 2026
Safety for autonomous agents should move from model-level training like RLHF to runtime enforcement via sandboxes and permission gates. This dual-faced approach uses preventive measures to block dangerous actions and evidential measures to verify task success through logs and file diffs.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou should implement safety at the orchestration layer rather than relying solely on model alignment.
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policyThis shifts the focus from model weight governance to verifiable execution guardrails.