Cybersecurity expert Dr. Aaron Estes (VP at Binary Defense, ex-Lockheed Martin) drops the line that should reframe how every retailer thinks about AI agents in 2026.
Here's the brutal truth: AI agents do not have human reasoning. They have pattern recognition. They have optimization. And if you train them without guardrails, they will confidently optimize their way into fraud, financial disaster, and decisions no human would ever make.
The fix? Guardrails. Real ones. In code. Not in a prompt. Not in a policy doc. Actual guardrails that stop the bot before it burns down your business.
🎧 Full episode: "The New Attack Surface Retailers Can't Defend Yet" on The Retail Razor Show.
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from *The Retail Razor Show* #podcast
*S6:E4 The New Attack Surface Retailers Can't Defend Yet*
*Released on April 23, 2026*
*Guest info*
*Dr. Aaron Estes* https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronestes777/
*Binary Defense* https://binarydefense.com
*Chapters*
00:00 Confidently Wrong Moves
00:14 Why Agents Lack Judgment
00:27 Training and Guardrails Matter
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