EqualAI CEO: Your AI assistant is acting in your name. Who signed off?
Source: Fortune ·
AI agents need permission rules before they act.
From the source
This summer, investor Katie Jacobs Stanton said her AI assistant, Instinct, sent an email on her behalf without consulting her first, according to TechCrunch. She described the email as innocuous. The breach of trust was not. Next time, it could be the email that costs someone a job, a marriage or a lawsuit. The appeal of personal AI agents is compelling. An assistant that can identify priority emails and draft responses, remember your mother-in-law’s birthday and buy a present based on your correspondence is enticing. For people stretched by demanding jobs, caregiving, or a disability, that help can be transformative. But Stanton’s experience raises an important question: when we give an assistant access to our lives, how do we retain control? Assistants such as Instinct and Meta’s Muse act for us rather than simply answering questions or making recommendations. A mistaken purchase may be refundable. An intimate disclosure cannot be taken back. The harms are already emerging. Forbes…
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