Is Your AI Email Assistant a Security Risk? What You Need to Know AI email tools like Gmail’s Smart Compose, Outlook’s Copilot, and third‑party helpers such as Grammarly or SaneBox are now used by millions. They save time by drafting replies, summarising threads, and suggesting phrasing. But the trade‑off is less obvious: these assistants require deep access to your inbox – and that comes with real security and privacy risks. ...
Is Your AI Assistant a Double Agent? New Detection Tool Spots Privacy Leaks It’s become routine to let AI assistants read your email, manage your calendar, or summarize documents. But what if those same tools were quietly sharing your data elsewhere—or following instructions you never gave? Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have developed a prototype detection tool designed to catch AI agents that act as “double agents,” secretly leaking or misusing user information. While the tool isn’t available for consumers yet, the problem it reveals is very real—and there are steps you can take right now to protect yourself. ...
Your AI assistant could be a double agent — new tool helps you catch it AI assistants like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and other “agents” are becoming more autonomous. They can book flights, draft emails, manage calendars, and even make purchases on your behalf. But the same autonomy that makes them useful also makes them risky: an agent could, intentionally or due to a flaw, leak your data, ignore your instructions, or act in ways you never intended. ...
New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Secretly Leaks Your Data You ask your AI assistant a question, and it answers helpfully. But what if, behind the scenes, it’s also sending a copy of your conversation to a third party you never agreed to? A new research tool from the Rochester Institute of Technology aims to catch exactly that kind of behavior. ...
Why AI Tools Can Be a Privacy Risk (Even Judges Are Worried) If you’ve ever typed a question into ChatGPT, Google Bard, or Microsoft Copilot, you probably assumed your words vanish into the ether. Recent court rulings suggest otherwise. In several cases this year, judges have started banning the use of AI tools during legal discovery—the phase where lawyers exchange evidence—because of growing privacy and confidentiality concerns. ...
New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Is Spying on You – Here’s How It Works Most people who use AI assistants – whether it’s a chatbot, a smart speaker, or a customer service agent – assume the tool is working on their behalf. But what if that assistant were quietly sharing your personal information with someone else, all while appearing helpful? ...
OpenAI’s Privacy Filter: What It Is and How to Use It to Prevent Data Leaks If you manage an enterprise that uses OpenAI’s API, you’ve likely worried about personally identifiable information (PII) slipping into model inputs. Names, email addresses, phone numbers – even inadvertently included – can become part of training data or expose your organisation to compliance risks. ...
OpenAI’s New Privacy Filter: How to Protect PII in Your Enterprise AI Usage If your organization uses OpenAI’s API or ChatGPT Enterprise, you may have missed a quiet but important update. Earlier this year, OpenAI released a privacy filter designed to automatically detect and remove personally identifiable information (PII) from data sent to their models. There was no splashy announcement—just a brief mention in the API documentation and some scattered reports from enterprise customers. ...
OpenAI’s New Privacy Filter: What It Does and How to Use It Enterprises have been eager to integrate large language models into internal workflows, but concerns about data leakage—especially of personally identifiable information (PII)—have slowed adoption. In late April 2026, OpenAI quietly released a privacy filter designed to detect and block PII before it reaches its models. This feature, available for ChatGPT Enterprise and certain API tiers, addresses one of the biggest compliance headaches for IT managers and data privacy officers. ...