Claude Duet and the Personal-Agent Race Make Me Nervous

Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a background agent that acts for you, and joined Meta and OpenAI in the race to live inside your life. I want the help. I do not want the risk that comes with it.

A personal agent is the most useful and most dangerous AI product yet, because it acts, not just advises. When it is right, it saves your evening. When it is wrong, it spends your money or sends your message.

The safeguards are the product, not the model behind it. An agent that cannot be constrained is a toddler with your credit card, no matter how smart it sounds.

I will use one the day I can see exactly what it is allowed to touch and what it is not. Until the cage is as good as the brain, I am watching from the sidelines.