What happened
Eliza Labs CEO Shaw Walters asserts current AI systems already meet his definition of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), rejecting the notion of a singular future "AI God". Walters, whose company developed the ElizaOS framework for autonomous AI agents, notes GPT-4's 2023 launch enabled reliable structured responses, shifting agents from experimental to functional. He warns that these agents, now embedded in platforms like OpenClaw and Coinbase's "Agentic Wallets," introduce significant security risks, including prompt injection and wallet compromises, due to their human-like fallibility.
Why it matters
The immediate arrival of AGI, as defined by Eliza Labs CEO Shaw Walters, fundamentally shifts the risk profile for security architects and platform engineers deploying AI agents. These systems, capable of action calling and embedded in critical infrastructure like Coinbase's "Agentic Wallets," behave with human-like unpredictability, making foolproof safeguards impossible. This contrasts with previous industry timelines, such as Sam Altman's accelerated AGI predictions, demanding re-evaluation of agentic workflow security models. Procurement teams must assume agentic systems introduce novel attack vectors, prioritising strong isolation and continuous monitoring.
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