This Tool Catches AI Agents That Betray You More of us are delegating tasks to AI agents — assistants that can browse the web, send emails, book appointments, and even make purchases on our behalf. But what happens when that agent quietly shares your data with a third party, or takes an action you never intended? Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have built a privacy tool designed to catch exactly that kind of behavior. ...
New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Secretly Works Against You AI agents are becoming more common: personal assistants that book your calendar, smart home hubs that answer your questions, and automated tools that manage your shopping or travel. As these agents handle more tasks, they also gain access to sensitive data—contacts, browsing history, financial information, even private conversations. The risk isn’t just that someone might hack into the AI; it’s that the agent itself could be designed or compromised to act against your interests. Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have developed a new privacy tool aimed at detecting precisely this kind of “double agent” behavior. ...