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Giving AI Agents the Keys? USC Engineers Develop Tools to Audit and Monitor AI Agents

Published

19 August 2026

Topic

opportunities

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AI & ML

Geography

United States

Source

Read at viterbischool.usc.edu

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Fusion42 · 19 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

USC engineers have developed a suite of tools to audit, monitor, and reconstruct actions of AI agents in real time to prevent and investigate unsafe behaviour due to over-privilege and runtime risks.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML.

◆ The Wire takeaway

AI product founders building agent platforms must integrate rigorous pre-launch audits and runtime firewalls to avoid costly privilege abuses and user data risks. Demand is rising for tools that police and trace AI agent behaviour, opening partnership and productisation opportunities.

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1 source · 19 Aug 2026

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