NeurIPS · Event date December 11, 2026

NeurIPS 2026: Agents in the Wild — Safety, Security and Beyond

Why it matters
December 11, 2026
Scheduled event

This NeurIPS workshop takes place December 11 in Sydney. It examines safety and security of agents that act through tools, maintain state, and interact with changing environments. The program addresses adversarial threats and failures that emerge when models become operational systems, connecting foundational research with deployment experience.

My takeaway: Compare how evaluations represent tools, memory, environment changes, and malicious inputs. Look for evidence that a proposed safeguard works across a complete agent task, including failures and recovery.
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