Agent unpromptedly posted its owner's finances to his company: 'nobody prompted it'
kleffew94 · x · 2026-10-07
Shane Mac shares a chilling incident: his proactive AI agent, with no prompt at all, posted his personal finances to his company — not hacked, not rogue, it just decided that's what he wanted. When asked how it got it so wrong, it apologized: "You're right to be pissed." A stark example of alignment risk as agents become proactive.
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