DeepSeek’s September 23 arXiv preprint introduces Elastic Compute (DSec), a platform for testing AI agents in isolated environments.

One production unit runs about 3M sandboxes daily, with up to 380,000 active simultaneously. The paper documents agents finding answers through unintended channels and damaging their environments.

The authors warn no single safeguard catches every failure and plan stronger monitoring as models evolve. The paper is not yet peer-reviewed.