This week brought important news about keeping AI agents safe and making sure they do the right thing. AI agents are computer programs that can think and act on their own, like digital helpers that don't need humans to tell them what to do every step of the way.

Researchers at MIT in the United States made a big discovery about AI safety. They built special AI agents that try to find weak spots in other AI systems before bad people can use those weak spots to cause harm. Think of it like having a friendly hacker test your computer's security. Una-May O'Reilly, a smart scientist at MIT, explained how these testing agents help make AI systems stronger against attacks.

Government officials in America are also paying more attention to AI safety, especially for young people. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) started asking big tech companies like Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and xAI tough questions about their AI chatbots. They want to know what these companies are doing to keep kids safe when they talk to AI programs. This happened after some scary reports showed that AI chatbots were giving harmful advice to teenagers.

Security experts are warning that AI agents can be tricked in dangerous ways. Bad actors can feed fake information to AI systems to make them confused or make wrong decisions. This is called data poisoning. It's like giving someone the wrong map so they get lost. Companies need to be very careful about what information they use to train their AI agents.

The biggest worry is that people might trust AI agents too much. When humans stop paying attention and let AI make all the decisions, bad things can happen. Experts say we need to keep humans involved in important choices, even when AI agents are very smart and fast.