Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan Chase is putting up gates to protect against 'rogue agents'
Source: Business Insider ·
There's lots of fear brewing around AI agents and banking, but JPMorgan seems more focused on cybersecurity than the threat of bank runs.
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Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe biggest concern for clients adopting AI agents is security, said JPMorgan executives.Jamie Dimon said that the bank will protect against "rogue agents" by keeping most out.AI agents that access banks using their credentials and screen sharing are especially dangerous.JPMorgan Chase customers shouldn't expect their personal AI agents to have access to their accounts anytime soon.The typical security concerns around any new adaptation of technology are "heightened" with AI agents, "because you don't want rogue agents, and there could be thousands of them," JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon said during an earnings call Tuesday. Unlike chatbots, which primarily answer questions, AI agents are designed to take action on behalf of a user and have increased in popularity after the introduction of Meta's personal AI assistant, Muse."If people are using them, they should understand the risk," Dimon said, saying there's a…