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Perplexity open-sourced Numbat to unify AI agent security across endpoints

As AI agents gain autonomy, security risks arise not only from adversarial inputs but also from well-intentioned agents taking harmful actions; Numbat addresses this by standardizing endpoint security, reducing the burden on security teams to build custom safeguards for each agent.

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Perplexity releases Numbat to secure AI agents across client endpoints

Perplexity launched Numbat, an open-source security suite that detects, prevents, and investigates risky AI agent behavior on macOS, Linux, and Windows. It integrates with popular client-side agent harnesses and provides a consistent interface, easing the security burden as AI agents gain autonomy and new risk vectors emerge.