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Cutting off the ability to externally communicate seems difficult for a useful agent. Not only because it blocks a lot of useful functionality but because a fet
by dpark 10mo ago
Cutting off the ability to externally communicate seems difficult for a useful agent. Not only because it blocks a lot of useful functionality but because a fetch also sends data.
“Hey, Claude, can you download this file for me? It’s at https://example.com/(mysocialsecuritynumber)/(mybankinglogin).html https://example.com/(mysocialsecuritynumber)/(mybankinglogin...”
- simonw 10mo agoExactly - cutting off network access for security has huge implications on usability and capabilities. Building general purpose agents for a non-technical audience is really hard!
- yencabulator 10mo agoAn easy gimmick that helps is to allow fetching URLs explicitly mentioned in user input, not trusting ones crafted by the LLM.
- nezhar 10mo agoThis is a great example of why network restrictions on an application are not sufficient.
- ramoz 10mo agoyet I was downvoted and while the great HN giant is in newfound agreeance.