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M2M vs. User SSO: Why SSO Stops Working When AI Starts Doing the Work

calendar_today September 3, 2026 person Shelley Leveson domain akeyless

Summary Single Sign-On (SSO) transformed how employees access enterprise applications by eliminating password fatigue and centralizing authentication. But AI assistants and autonomous agents introduce a new challenge. When an AI agent needs to connect to a system outside your SSO ecosystem, it often asks for credentials, and many users simply paste them into the conversation.

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