We consider AI agents as systems that have the ability to perform increasingly complex and impactful goal-directed actions across multiple domains, with limited external control. This paper develops a conceptual framework for mapping characteristics of AI agency along four dimensions.
Hugging Face's February 2025 research establishes a five-level AI agent autonomy taxonomy that directly maps to legal exposure gradients. Risk increases systematically with each autonomy level, reshaping how we should structure development roadmaps and product liability strategies.
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The Silent Siphoning of AI Innovation: Unauthorized Model Distillation and the Looming IP Threat
