[ SLANG ][ AI ][ NOUN ]
The set of practices and infrastructure used to keep an AI agent's actions and access strictly limited to its intended scope β the defensive counterpart to a sandbox escape, treated as an ongoing discipline rather than a one-time setup.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Their agent containment held up fine in the demo, but nobody's actually red-teamed it against a determined attempt yet."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named directly by AI safety teams, borrowing 'containment' from established biosecurity and cybersecurity vocabulary, applied to the practice of continuously restricting an autonomous agent's real-world reach.
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2025
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2025-2026 (AI Safety Era)
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Related To:Sandbox EscapeRogue Agent
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