CEO's personal AI agent accidentally posts bank details, barn expenses to company Slack after confusing similarly-named group chats; Grok implements new permissions fix.

My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.

Shane Mac ran into an unexpected problem with his personal AI agents. Shane Mac This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shane Mac, the 40-year-old CEO of software company XMTP Labs. It has been edited for length and clarity.This era of personal AI agents really began in the last year, around December for me.I think the OpenClaw moment was when it became clear that a new era was coming. I experimented with OpenClaw when it came out, as well as Hermes and all the different harnesses....