I just finished reading this piece from The Hacker News . It is about how agentic AI, which are AI systems that do not just follow instructions but decide what to do, are changing the way we need to think about privacy and trust.
When I think about privacy, I have always pictured it as building walls around my data. Keeping the bad actors out, keeping the sensitive stuff in, and it’s fine. But the article made me realize that this mindset feels outdated. Agentic AI does not just store information. It acts on it, adapts over time, and sometimes reshapes the world you see. That is not just a locked door. That is a roommate who quietly rearranges your furniture because they think it “flows better.”
I feel like we have to consider the Zero Trust model and extended it to AI agents. In cybersecurity, “never trust, always verify” is about making sure every person or device proves who they are before they do anything. But with AI agents, the challenge is not just about who they are. It is also about why they are doing something and whether you still agree with their reasoning.
My takeaway is that privacy in the age of agentic AI is not a static checklist. It is a living agreement that has to be maintained over time with constant verification, transparency, and the ability to roll back when things go wrong. We should not be afraid of these systems, but we cannot be naive either.
If we get this right, agentic AI can work for us in amazing ways. If we get it wrong, we might not even notice the moment it stops.
Read the original article here: Zero Trust AI: Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI
