TikTok CEO Warns Users Are Giving AI Agents Too Much Access as He Says They Could Go ‘Overly Eager’ With Credit Cards

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has cautioned users against granting artificial intelligence agents extensive permissions to their accounts and personal information without understanding the risks.

Chew Warns AI Agents Could Overstep Permissions

On Monday, speaking at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, Chew warned that users could give AI agents extensive permissions without realizing what they had authorized.

"A lot of users may be giving permissions to the agents to do a lot of things for them, without really understanding what kind of permissions you have actually given," the TikTok CEO said.

He cited the example of AI agents with access to credit card information that might make more purchases than users intended because they were "overly eager to deliver."

Chew also said TikTok was training employees on information they should avoid sharing in public AI chats, including trade secrets and privileged legal information.

"So people, you know, sometimes are over enthusiastic about how they use it," he said, adding that understanding "where the boundaries of what is reasonable and acceptable use is important."

Growing Concerns Over AI Safety Risks

Last week, former OpenAI safety leader David Robinson said he left the company over concerns about the gap between its warnings about advanced AI risks and its continued model development.

He described the workplace as "frenetic" and employees as "running on fumes."

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon warned that Anthropic’s Mythos AI model had increased cyber risks tenfold, even as the bank expanded its financial ties to Anthropic and joined Project Glasswing to test software vulnerabilities.

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into major AI developers, including Anthropic and OpenAI, over potential consumer risks from AI agents.

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned developers could face responsibility if AI agents caused real-world cybersecurity breaches.

Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:GLXY) CEO Mike Novogratz also warned that AI’s potential impact on jobs and humanity had fueled public fears.

He said developers did not fully understand how powerful AI models worked and urged companies to collaborate with ethicists and other experts to reduce risks, even if it slowed development.

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