Mayer Brown recommends rigorous testing of AI agents
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On October 23, 2026, Mayer Brown lawyers advised companies to treat AI agent pilots like job interviews, evaluating their ability to perform the work, safety, and return on investment before full deployment. Companies should use contracts to clearly define the agents’ task scope, access to data and systems, and the boundaries for human approval. Pilot testing should cover accuracy, unauthorized actions, fraud inducement, and emergency shutdown mechanisms. Companies should also record agent behavior, calculate software and computing costs, and set an end date for the pilot and clear decision points to determine subsequent deployment arrangements.
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- PYMNTSMayer Brown Lawyers Advise Companies to Test AI Agents Like Job Candidates
Mayer Brown lawyers advise companies to treat AI agent pilots like job interviews, assessing their capabilities, security and return on investment before full deployment. Companies should use contracts to define tasks, data and system access permissions, and the boundaries of human oversight, and test accuracy, unauthorized actions, susceptibility to fraud, and emergency shutdown mechanisms. Pilots should also document behavior, account for software and compute costs, and set an end date and clear decision points.
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