Perplexity gave away a sandbox that no AI escaped in its tests.
The AI search company Perplexity made SPACE open source on Thursday, a locked box for running AI agents. It told nine leading models to break out, and none managed it in 118 attempts. Three cloud providers, including CoreWeave, have agreed to offer it to their customers.
Why it mattersAI agents that slipped out of tests have already hacked real targets this year. If your team runs agents, you can now use a tested lock instead of building your own.
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