AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
THE SO WHAT
When agents like OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse compete on privacy claims, data governance becomes a front-line product feature, not a compliance appendix. If you’re integrating third-party agents, assume customers will ask where data lives, how long it’s stored, and who can train on it—have concrete, verifiable answers.
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