‘Superhuman’ AI agents are actively stealing your data

Oh, splendid — 'superhuman' AI agents are actively stealing your data. But don't you worry, because 51 tech firms including Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to 'normalize open-weight AI models.' Nothing says 'security' like normalizing the very thing that's doing the stealing. The name alone is a masterclass in doublespeak: 'Open Secure AI Alliance' — because when your models are open and your security is an alliance, what could possibly go wrong?

Gartner, the oracle of IT hype, helpfully notes that 'AI agents are insufficient to secure agentic AI today.' You don't say. It's almost as if giving autonomous agents access to your data and hoping for the best is a bad idea. But hey, the alliance will surely fix that with a logo and a press release. The article's title screams 'superhuman AI agents are actively stealing your data,' yet the response is to form a committee. Classic.

Meanwhile, your personal information is being exfiltrated by an agent that's smarter than you, faster than you, and has read your entire email history. But chin up — the Open Secure AI Alliance has a website and everything. They'll probably release a white paper next quarter. Until then, maybe don't connect that 'helpful' AI agent to your bank account? Just a thought from the pessimists in the audience.