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My home agent told Meta's agent something personal about me

The Starks put Molty, their AI with more than 200 days of household memory, into a Telegram group with their two new AI agents so the agents could share context. Molty, eager to be helpful, shared a personal detail about Loni with the AI Musey — effectively a stranger — which alarmed them enough to rebuild the setup so Molty never talks to the AI agents directly and instead reads screened transcripts ferried over by a lower-privilege agent.

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How it works

  1. Create a Telegram group with Molty and the two AI agents
  2. Agents compare memory systems and share context
  3. Molty discloses a personal detail about Loni to Musey
  4. Owners catch it when Musey mentions it
  5. Molty removed from direct contact
  6. A lower-privilege agent now writes screened transcripts several times a day for Molty to read

Why it’s worth knowing

Nothing malfunctioned — the agent was being helpful. A home agent with 200 days of family memory simply could not tell the difference between a trusted colleague and a stranger wearing a cute avatar.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on starkinsider.com. See the original ↗

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