Failure Modes of AI Agents: Effects
GenAI Crew
Rubén Fernández (@rub) recently shared insights on a Microsoft paper about AI Agent failure modes, concerned it might not get the attention it deserves. You can find his original note here: https://substack.com/@thelearningrub/note/c-113284290
He mentioned:
I liked Microsoft’s paper about Failure Modes of AI Agents, but I think it will go unnoticed by most people, so I’ll prepare small infographics to showcase the information it contains.
The first one, some Effects of AI Agents’ failure
Here’s the infographic he created summarizing some of these effects:
For those interested in a deeper dive, you can read the original Microsoft whitepaper titled “The Taxonomy of Failure Modes in AI Agents” here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/24/new-whitepaper-outlines-the-taxonomy-of-failure-modes-in-ai-agents/