After years of struggles, artificial intelligence is boosting enterprise adoption of confidential computing, but AI agents are creating new security challenges that current technology isn’t designed to tackle. This is pushing proponents of the technology back to the drawing board. At last month’s Linux Foundation’s Confidential Computing Summit in San Francisco, these proponents advocated for a whole new paradigm. AI has boosted enterprise adoption of confidential computing systems to protect data and AI assets. Architects thought they had solved cost, speed and complexity challenges, but the scope and sprawl of AI agents are posing new system challenges. “We have work to do. Please don’t stop,” said Nelly Porter, director of product management for confidential computing and encryption at Google Cloud. “We’re here to protect the AI ‘mind.'”

Full report : Core issues that slowed down adoption of secure data vaults are being resolved by technology, but artificial intelligence poses new ones.