AI agent makers are promising privacy, will they deliver?

An agent can only book, buy or sort things if it can see your messages, accounts and files, so AI companies now compete on promises that the data stays safe. Meta says its Muse assistant runs inside an isolated virtual computer, while OpenAI offers businesses a no-retention option, but Meta can still access Muse data and learns from user content by default, so the guarantees are hard to check.

Summary written with AI by HowTechMoves, based on reporting by The Verge.