The AI Agent Hype Cycle: When Viral Platforms Are More Human Than They Appear 

Two robotic hands suspended against a black background with puppet strings hanging from their fingers beneath the headline “Autonomous? Or Just Automated?”, symbolizing AI agent security and human-controlled automation.

A supposed social network for autonomous AI agents goes viral. Screenshots of AI conversations spread across LinkedIn and Twitter. Headlines suggest emergent machine behavior. Security professionals panic. Executives ask their CISOs what it means for their organization.  Then researchers look under the hood and find something far more mundane: humans with automation scripts.  The Promise […]