Should you trust personal AI agents with your money and data? Here’s what experts say.

October 19, 2026 / 4:11 PM EDT / CBS News

Cybersecurity expert Hed Kovetz would love to have a personal AI agent handle some of his administrative tasks and lighten his workload. But he doesn't trust any of the commercially available agents, like Meta's Muse or OpenAI's Dots, with access to his email accounts, banking details, health records and other sensitive information.

"It's tempting to use a personal AI assistant. They access your email, order stuff and pay your bills. I would love to get that kind of help," he told CBS News. "But they could be taken advantage of or decide to go beyond the scope of what they are told to do."

While Kovetz sees tremendous commercial value in such products, he believes leading technology firms rushed them to market without sufficient security measures. For that reason, he advises consumers to be discreet about what they share with personal AI agents. Yet other AI security experts advise that consumers can use the tools as long as they rely on safeguards and are aware of the risks of providing personal data to an AI agent.

"I would be careful about giving full access to some of these commercial AI…

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