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Sandbox
An isolated sandpit where AI can run code without causing damage outside it — a basic building block of agent safety.
In plain words
It's a technique for running programs in a space that's isolated from the outside world. Like how a kid can do anything inside a sandbox without making a mess outside of it.
Now that AI agents write and execute their own code, this has become essential — even if the code an AI produces has mistakes or something malicious in it, as long as it's inside a sandbox, it can't touch real files, accounts, or money. Behind almost every announcement about an agent "safely running code" is this mechanism.
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