How much should you tell your AI agent?

The Vergecast hosts David Pierce and Allison Johnson discuss their hands-on testing of AI assistant agents like Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and Instinct. They explore how much real work can be done by messaging an AI and whether the convenience is worth the privacy and control tradeoffs. The conversation reveals both impressive capabilities—like autonomous spending—and concerns about the data users must hand over to make these agents effective.