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EqualAI CEO: Your AI assistant is acting in your name. Who signed off?

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EqualAI CEO: Your AI assistant is acting in your name. Who signed off?
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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 yo

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