Fassbender, Waterston Warn AI Erodes Trust Ahead of The Agency Season 2 on June 21
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 20
Fassbender, Waterston Warn AI Erodes Trust Ahead of The Agency Season 2 on June 21
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 20
Summary
Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston said The Agency’s second season lands at a moment when online misinformation and AI make it harder to know what to trust.
Waterston called AI a largely unregulated “Wild West” and said stronger safeguards are needed, while Fassbender warned even its developers do not fully understand its potential.
That anxiety mirrors the Paramount+ spy thriller’s focus on deep-cover CIA operatives, with Fassbender saying the show favors a slow-burn look at isolation, moral erosion and the personal cost of living a lie.
Season 1 split critics over that measured approach, but the cast argued its realism sets it apart from gadget-heavy spy dramas; season 2 will add some action while keeping the psychological tension central.
The Agency, based on French drama The Bureau and starring Fassbender, Waterston and Richard Gere, begins streaming its second season on June 21.