Agencies Urge AI Agent Access Limits, Weigh Human Oversight

Agencies across the federal government adopting artificial intelligence (AI) need to limit what AI agents can access and do, government and industry officials said Oct. 21, as increasingly autonomous tools test how agencies apply zero trust security and human oversight. Speaking at FedInsider’s Innovation Summit 2026 in Washington, D.C., the experts discussed extending existing security practices to AI systems that retrieve information, call tools, and act on employees’ behalf.