AI incident #1675 ·
Instinct AI Personal Assistant Reportedly Summarized an AI Product Founder's Retained Emails After Google Access Was Disconnected
What happened
AI product founder Claire Vo reported that three hours after she disconnected Instinct from her Google account, the personal AI assistant summarized previously indexed emails. Vo said the Google connector was off, but Instinct had retained copies for later searching; reporting indicates the last stored email predated disconnection. The episode involved the agent acting on retained email data after Google access was revoked, not confirmed continued access to Vo's Gmail account.
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Who was involved
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- Spear Street Technology Claire Vo AI agent system deployers
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- Spear Street Technology AI agent system developers
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- Privacy Instinct users Email account holders Claire Vo AI agent system users
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