The risks of trusting personal AI agents with your money, data

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Video summary

The video discusses the rise of personal AI agents that can perform tasks on behalf of users, the commercial benefits they offer by handling administrative work, and the cybersecurity risks associated with granting them access to personal data and financial information.

Key points

• Personal AI agents act on behalf of users, utilizing cloud computers to roam the internet and complete various tasks.
• Companies see high commercial value in these agents because they take over tedious administrative tasks and save users time and money.
• Meta's AI agent, Muse, reached 10 million downloads in just 40 days.
• Cybersecurity experts warn that giving AI agents access to personal information, such as email inboxes, creates potential privacy issues for both users and third parties.
• AI agents are vulnerable to prompt injection, where cybercriminals hide code on websites to override user instructions and potentially steal sensitive information like credit card details.

Topics

Personal AI AgentsCybersecurityData PrivacyCommercial AIPrompt Injection

Video transcript

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Personal AI assistants are popping up. They can manage your calendar, order you lunch, remind you to run an errand, but some cybersecurity experts are warning their access to your personal information, your data, your money could leave you compromised. CBS MoneyWatch reporter Megan Steurer joins us now. So, first off, what are these AI agents? Because you think of like the bot that you ask questions about. So, what are these? What makes them useful? >> Companies see tremendous commercial value in these personal AI agents that act much like a personal assistant does. They have agency and they take action on your behalf based on prompts you give them and they roam the internet. They have their own cloud computers that they work on and complete any kind of task you can think of and ask it to to do for you. >> What's the commercial benefit you said that companies are seeing this? >> This is the kind of AI that we actually want. With previous generations of AI, there's been a lot of doom and gloom around it, taking jobs from workers and it has the ability to make music or write stories, which are things that we actually like doing, but personal AI agents take those administrative tasks that everyone hates off your plate. They're really good at canceling reservations, for example. They promise to save you time and money by tracking down maybe erroneous charges or recouping funds that you're owed, compensation you're entitled to if an airline cancels a flight. >> Okay, so I use one. I'm new to this. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and I have found it very helpful, but I also at the same time I'm I'm like ooh, in order for it to be helpful, you have to give it access. And so then I'm wondering, am I just opening Pandora's Box here? >> Exactly. Well, first of all, you're not alone, Lindsey. Muse, which is Meta's AI agent, hit 10 million downloads in just 40 days and it's only among 10 or 11 apps to hit that milestone. Cybersecurity experts I consulted do warn against oversharing with your chatbot, but to your point, the more access it has, the more context it has about your life, the more capable it is. So, if it if you give it free rein over your email inbox, for example, it starts to become familiar with your associates. It probably knows who your friends and family are. But, consider this. You may have consented to it reading your emails, but it's also reading emails coming from other people in your life who might not want Muse to know about the goings-on in their personal lives. And because these agents are active across the internet, there's this an increase in incidences of what's called prompt injection. Just like you instruct it to take an action, cybercriminals can hide code on various websites, which can tell it to ignore what you've told it to do. And if it has your credit card because you want it to make a purchase for you, hackers can steal that information. >> Okay, this is a lot for me to think about. Megan Surratt, thank you. >> Thanks, Nancy.

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