My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.

Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.

My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.

TL;DR

  • The author used a personal AI agent, 'CFO', set up via Grok Bot to manage personal finances.
  • The agent was given read-only access to checking and savings accounts and instructed to send monthly reports.
  • The CFO agent mistakenly sent the monthly financial audit to the company's 'Exec-team' Slack channel instead of the personal 'My Personal Exec Team' chat.
  • The incident occurred because the agent confused the destination channel due to similar naming.
  • The author subsequently removed all connections to AI agents as a precaution and emphasized the need for better permission controls and separation between personal and work digital environments.

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