Google described Gemini 2.0 as a model for the \’agentic era,\’ while HHS proposed stronger cybersecurity requirements around electronic protected health information.

The risk profile changes when AI moves from producing an answer to using tools, browsing software or changing records. Autonomy magnifies both value and operational risk.

A referral agent might gather documents and prepare scheduling options; a claims agent might assemble evidence; a purchasing agent might prepare an order. In each case, execution authority should be separately controlled.

Prepare 2025 around clean identity, service accounts with limited privileges, reliable integrations, evaluation sets, logs, approval points and clear takeover procedures. Treat agents as an execution layer, not a software license.

Sources available by this date: Google: Gemini 2.0 and the agentic era, Dec. 11 2024 | HHS: HIPAA Security Rule cybersecurity NPRM, Dec. 27 2024