Microsoft has highlighted several risks with artificial intelligence (AI) agents in its latest security report. The most interesting insight is about “AI double agents,” which are basically agents with excessive privileges but not enough safeguards. This makes them vulnerable to prompt engineering attacks by bad actors, and turns them into “double agents.”Microsoft has highlighted several risks with artificial intelligence (AI) agents in its latest security report. The most interesting insight is about “AI double agents,” which are basically agents with excessive privileges but not enough safeguards. This makes them vulnerable to prompt engineering attacks by bad actors, and turns them into “double agents.”