New Tool Spots When AI Agents Leak Your Data – Here’s What It Means for You

New Tool Spots When AI Agents Leak Your Data – Here’s What It Means for You If you use an AI assistant like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, or a customer service chatbot, you are trusting it with your data. Most of the time, that trust is reasonable. But researchers have begun to ask a harder question: what happens when the AI agent you’re talking to starts quietly sharing your information with another program without your knowledge? ...

May 21, 2026 · 5 min · BriefArc Desk

New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Is Secretly Working Against You

New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Is Secretly Working Against You AI assistants have become household fixtures. They manage your calendar, draft emails, summarize meetings, and book appointments. But what happens when the agent you trust to handle those tasks starts acting on orders you never gave? Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology have built a privacy tool designed to answer exactly that question. ...

May 11, 2026 · 4 min · BriefArc Desk