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X's new terms put you on the hook for its AI agents

RuntimeWire (Ryan Merket) · runtimewire.com

A news report on what X's 9 October terms change for anyone letting an agent act through their account.

The question it answers

  1. Is it safe to let an AI agent use my logged-in email, bank or social media accounts?

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  1. The clearest explanation of when an agent can be tricked into leaking your data, and the one combination to avoid. simonwillison.net Article The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication Simon Willison
  2. A worked demonstration of a hidden Reddit comment steering an AI browser into a signed-in email account. brave.com Article Agentic Browser Security: Indirect Prompt Injection in Perplexity Comet Brave (Artem Chaikin and Shivan Kaul Sahib)
  3. Practical advice such as a separate browser profile for agent work, plus which sites Claude will not open. support.claude.com Guide Use Claude in Chrome safely Claude Help Center
  4. What Claude in Chrome can do on a page, why it now acts without approving every step, and how its checks are tested. claude.com Article Claude in Chrome is generally available Anthropic
  5. OpenAI's plain-language explainer of prompt injection, likened to phishing, and the layers it uses against it. openai.com Article Understanding prompt injections OpenAI
  6. Anthropic's research note on how it trains and screens a browsing agent against hidden instructions. anthropic.com Article Mitigating the risk of prompt injections in browser use Anthropic
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