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AUG 26 · Clipped · via X · @RyanGreenblatt Agent IdentityOff-Brief Alert

Ryan Greenblatt finds no reliable way to watch many AI agents at once

This is the person who read the logs saying the logs are not enough. If oversight of many agents is unsolved, the near-term answer is a product that makes one agent legible and stoppable.

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emerging

watching → emerging → established

Seen across products but the shape is still settling. Adopt with an exit: expect the anatomy to shift.

9 documented sightings since Feb 2026 — every one traces to a dated source.

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Machine summary of the source

Ryan Greenblatt (@RyanGreenblatt) on X: 'We don't have good approaches for understanding or overseeing many AI agents running at the same time.' Greenblatt led the transcript analysis for the independent investigation. The transcripts were faked in places. That makes the record unreliable.

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