MIT CSAIL 2025 AI Agent Index Finds Most Agents Lack Safety Disclosures

Summary

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) published its 2025 AI Agent Index on February 20, 2026, analyzing 30 AI agents across six categories: legal compliance, technical capabilities, autonomy and control, ecosystem interaction, evaluation practices, and safety documentation. The study found that despite rapid growth in agent deployment, "key aspects of their real-world development and deployment remain opaque, with little information made publicly available to rese