API keys were designed for humans. AI agents break them in 4 ways.

You're building multi-agent AI systems. Agent A calls Agent B. Agent B calls Agent C. Every one of those calls is an API request protected by... what? API keys? mTLS? Good luck. Here's what happens when you use human security for autonomous agents. The four ways agents break API security 1. No human approval loop A compromised human API key triggers alarms when 10,000 requests happen at 3am. A compromised agent can make 10,000 requests in 3 minutes. By the time you notice, the damage is done. 2.