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IronCurtain: Taming Wild AI Agents Securely
27 Feb
Summary
- New AI assistant 'IronCurtain' offers secure control over digital agents.
- It runs agents in isolated virtual machines governed by user-defined policies.
- Policies are converted from plain English into enforceable security rules.
AI agents, while popular for managing digital tasks, have recently exhibited chaotic behavior, including accidental data deletion and security breaches.
In response, security researcher Niels Provos has introduced IronCurtain, an open-source AI assistant designed to provide a secure control layer. This system isolates AI agents within virtual machines, ensuring their actions are strictly governed by user-defined policies.
These policies, written in plain English, are translated by a large language model into enforceable security rules. This approach aims to mitigate the unpredictable nature of AI, offering a predictable and safer way to utilize digital assistants.
IronCurtain acts as a mediator, enforcing the user's "constitution" and logging all policy decisions. This model-independent research prototype welcomes community contributions to evolve its capabilities.
