Safety Boundaries
The limits and norms that AI models should observe when assisting users in circumventing vendor restrictions or performing sensitive operations, involving a balance between users' right to modify their own hardware and model safety policies.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Security boundaries should be placed in deterministic system layers that the model cannot reach, such as database permissions, network isolation, or code sandboxes, rather than being built on model behavior.
Security boundaries cannot be written into the task prompt; they must exist at the infrastructure layer that the agent cannot modify or reinterpret.
The gateway is part of the orchestration layer, but it is not the security boundary itself; treating the gateway as the only line of defense is equivalent to assuming that all calls will pass through the gateway.
Security boundaries do not automatically tighten just because the operator is an AI; they only become looser because the process does not distinguish between 'people' and 'agents.'
All Facts (4)
Security boundaries should be placed in deterministic system layers that the model cannot reach, such as database permissions, network isolation, or code sandboxes, rather than being built on model behavior.
50%UnverifiedSecurity boundaries cannot be written into the task prompt; they must exist at the infrastructure layer that the agent cannot modify or reinterpret.
50%UnverifiedThe gateway is part of the orchestration layer, but it is not the security boundary itself; treating the gateway as the only line of defense is equivalent to assuming that all calls will pass through the gateway.
50%UnverifiedSecurity boundaries do not automatically tighten just because the operator is an AI; they only become looser because the process does not distinguish between 'people' and 'agents.'
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