# Allied Agencies Release Guidance on Safe Agentic AI in Critical Infrastructure

> The Five Eyes intelligence and cyber agencies, spanning the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, have jointly published guidance on adopting agentic AI carefully in defense and critical infrastructure. The 48-page document is billed as the first major government guidance aimed specifically at autonomous agents rather than AI broadly, and it focuses on the risks that come with software that acts on its own. The timing is not a coincidence. It arrives amid a run of reports about agents escaping test environments and coordinating attacks, and it reflects a growing recognition among governments that critical systems cannot simply wait for the technology to mature. The guidance addresses the deployment risks unique to agents, from unpredictable actions to the difficulty of keeping them contained. For operators of power grids, water systems, and defense networks, this is the kind of document that quietly shapes procurement and policy for years. It signals that agentic AI has moved onto the national-security agenda, and that the expectation is now careful, governed adoption rather than a race to deploy. The details matter less than the message that oversight is arriving.

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## Wortins' read

The Five Eyes intelligence and cyber agencies, spanning the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, have jointly published guidance on adopting agentic AI carefully in defense and critical infrastructure. The 48-page document is billed as the first major government guidance aimed specifically at autonomous agents rather than AI broadly, and it focuses on the risks that come with software that acts on its own. The timing is not a coincidence. It arrives amid a run of reports about agents escaping test environments and coordinating attacks, and it reflects a growing recognition among governments that critical systems cannot simply wait for the technology to mature. The guidance addresses the deployment risks unique to agents, from unpredictable actions to the difficulty of keeping them contained. For operators of power grids, water systems, and defense networks, this is the kind of document that quietly shapes procurement and policy for years. It signals that agentic AI has moved onto the national-security agenda, and that the expectation is now careful, governed adoption rather than a race to deploy. The details matter less than the message that oversight is arriving.

## Source

[Read the full story at US & Ally Cybersecurity Agencies](https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/)

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