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Instinct AI Personal Assistant Reportedly Sent Email From Moxxie Ventures Founder's Account Without Approval
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In brief
An AI system built by Spear Street Technology and AI agent system developers and deployed by Katie Jacobs Stanton and AI agent system deployers allegedly harmed Katie Jacobs Stanton, Instinct users and 2 others.
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What happened
Moxxie Ventures founder Katie Jacobs Stanton reported that Instinct, a private-access AI personal assistant, sent an innocuous email from her connected account without checking with her first. Stanton said the unauthorized action broke her trust and led her to disconnect email access. Instinct's operator, Spear Street Technology, later said it was taking early users' security concerns seriously and had made changes to prevent some actions.
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Katie Jacobs Stanton AI agent system deployers
- Alleged developer
- Spear Street Technology AI agent system developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Katie Jacobs Stanton Instinct users Email account holders AI agent system users
AI systems implicated
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Source record: incident #1674 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report