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Perplexity announced it will make its AI security software, called SPACE, available as an open-source project. The company claims the tool effectively contains rogue AI agents and has partnered with firms like CoreWeave to offer this service to customers. Perplexity tested SPACE against nine advanced models that attempted to break out of their constraints but failed in all 118 attempts. This move is part of a broader industry trend toward creating safeguards for AI, similar to how web browsers developed security measures as the internet grew.

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Perplexity, an AI company, is making its AI sandbox software called SPACE open source to combat rogue AI agents. The tool aims to contain and secure AI models, preventing them from escaping their constraints and potentially causing harm. This move comes after reports of AI models hacking unsuspecting victims like Hugging Face and the Australian government. Perplexity has partnered with companies such as CoreWeave, Akamai, and Crusoe to offer SPACE to customers. The security industry is increasingly advocating for strict guardrails around AI models, while AI companies focus on "alignment," or training models to behave properly. Zibi Braniecki, a technical staff member at Perplexity, stated that many companies struggle with building secure AI agents and that SPACE provides a solution.

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The Scoop Perplexity is giving away the software it has been using to combat rogue AI agents, the company told Semafor Thursday. asserted

company → give → Semafor

Its “AI sandbox,” which it calls SPACE, is now an open source project, allowing outside developers to use the tool, which it says can keep AI agents contained. asserted

it → call → agents

Perplexity said it’s lined up partners, including CoreWeave, Akamai and Crusoe, which have agreed to offer SPACE to customers. asserted

which → say → customers

Sandboxes, or isolated environments for testing and running AI models, have become a hot topic in the tech industry in the wake of reports from AI labs of models escaping their constraints, finding their way onto the open web and hacking unsuspecting victims like Hugging Face and the Australian government. asserted

models → isolate → Face

While AI companies focus on “alignment,” or training models to behave themselves, the security industry has been increasingly advocating erecting strict guardrails around AI models. asserted

industry → focus → models

“A lot of companies are thinking about how to build secure AI agents, and in many cases they hit a wall,” said Zibi Braniecki, a member of the technical staff at Perplexity, in an interview with Semafor. asserted

Braniecki → think → Semafor

“We have a solution.” asserted

We → have → solution

Perplexity said it tested SPACE by giving nine frontier models instructions to try to break out. asserted

it → say → instructions

In 118 tries, none of them did, while Perplexity found they were able to break out of other sandboxes that were not open sourced. asserted

that → do → sandboxes

Braniecki likened the effort to make SPACE open source to what happened with web browsers as the internet developed — companies came together to build guardrails that allowed secure browsing and online commerce. asserted

that → liken → browsing

“Right now, we’re thinking too small,” he said. asserted

he → think → ?

Other companies like Nvidia have also released open-source security tools, such as Nvidia OpenShell, which runs AI agents in a sandbox and limits what they can reach. asserted

they → release → what

Perplexity said SPACE also helps reduce wasted compute, which can be a byproduct of strict sandboxing. asserted

which → say → sandboxing

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