As powerful as it is proving to be, AI is a bit of a “black box.” Often, its inner processing is opaque to even its own developers. This is unacceptable, from an AI ethics standpoint. If we want AI that is free of bias and the ability to act in harmful ways, then we need to be able to see inside that black box. Beyond that, we need to create active guardrails that effectively prevent unwanted AI activity. This is even more important now that AI is outgrowing its chatbot capabilities to become fully agentic and autonomous.