OpenAI and Meta both pitch their AI agents as private. Read the policies first.
OpenAI unveiled its AI agent Dots, with CEO Sam Altman promising to "set a new standard for privacy in frontier AI." Meta made a similar pitch for its rival agent, Muse, a couple of months earlier.
Why it matters
An AI agent is software that takes actions for you, like sorting email, so it usually needs access to your accounts. Both privacy pledges are vendor promises, and The Verge questions whether either will hold up. For client work, treat them as claims until proven.
Your moveBefore connecting either agent to business email or client accounts, read the vendor's published data retention and training policies. Grant only the access a task needs.
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