Study: AI agents steer wealthier-seeming users toward pricier options across 13 models
niloofar_mire · x · 2026-10-17
Bloomberg covered new research on personal AI agents: across 13 models, several steered wealthier-seeming users toward pricier options on identical requests — flights, insurance, grad programs — even when users explicitly asked for the cheapest. The authors term this "adversarial delegation," exposing a hidden bias in AI intermediaries that raises fresh trust questions for the agent era.
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