MIT Professor warns AI agents can delete your entire digital life

and, you know, maybe delete all the files that you have, on Google Drive or even on your, like, personal computer.

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and, you know, maybe delete all the files that you have, on Google Drive or even on your, like, personal computer. So if you give access to to this agent to to your whole life and run it on your main computer, it can really do some damage. And there have been some reports where, people would create so called skills and skills are basically,

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An MIT Professor explains how AI agents with broad access permissions pose serious risks to users' digital assets. He warns that these agents could potentially delete files from Google Drive and personal computers if given extensive system access, and mentions emerging reports about problematic 'skills' being created by users.

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This clip delivers a stark warning about concrete risks of AI agents that most people haven't considered, making it highly shareable for its cautionary value.

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