AI agents remember what you told them to do. Over a long task, they forget what you told them not to do. In February, a director of AI alignment at a large technology company gave her agent a narrow job: look through her inbox and suggest emails to delete. She added a condition in plainContinue reading “Point and Call: Why Your AI Agent Forgets What You Told It Not To Do”
Monthly Archives: October 2026
The Lot Number Pattern: Provenance for AI Output
Go look at the painkillers in your medicine cabinet. Somewhere on the box, in small print next to the expiry date, there is a lot number. Nobody reads it. It does not help you take the pill. It exists for one day — the day a manufacturer discovers a bad batch of an ingredient andContinue reading “The Lot Number Pattern: Provenance for AI Output”
