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How Dropbox lets an AI agent edit your files safely and undo its changes

Letting an AI agent change people's files is risky: it needs software to do the work, limits on what it can touch, and a way to undo mistakes.

Two engineers' side projects were merged: an isolated sandbox on Dropbox servers with installed software, and a desktop interface with permission checks. Changes are tied to version history so they can be reviewed and rolled back.

2side projects merged into one agent
5 Nov 2026Read the post