Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 20 October 2026
Microsoft extends Project Perception to treat AI agents as insiders, with a permission set up per task and a risk score that changes
Microsoft's design rule for agents: start with no permissions, give each its own identity, and tighten access when its behaviour changes.
Perplexity open-sources SPACE, the sandbox that runs its Computer agent, after finding no escape in 108 breach attempts
Perplexity open-sourced SPACE, the sandbox platform behind its Computer agent, on 15 October. Each sandbox runs inside a small virtual machine with its own operating system, and a central control plane creates, pauses, resumes or removes it. Perplexity says SPACE has powered all Computer sessions since July and handles millions of sandbox creations a day, three to five times faster than its previous provider. Its published security test found no escape from the virtual machine to the host in 108 attempts.
- Ask any developer who builds agents for you whether the code the agent writes runs in a sandbox, and where its passwords and keys are stored.
- Do not run a home-made agent on a machine that holds your accounting or customer files; use a separate machine or a hosted service until someone has reviewed it.
Source: Perplexity. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Perplexity, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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