We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents

Generative AI models have become remarkably good at conversing with us, and creating images, videos, and music for us, but they’re not all that good at doing things for us.

AI agents promise to change that. Last week researchers published a new paper explaining how they trained simulation agents to replicate 1,000 people’s personalities with stunning accuracy. AI models that mimic you could go out and act on your behalf in the near future. If such tools become cheap and easy to build, it will raise lots of new ethical concerns, but two in particular stand out. Read the full story.

Great. Always good news with AI.