“My AI plugged in acting on my behalf couldn't actually add a new field value… it just created a whole new status of pending.”

David Leary · The Accounting Podcast · When Financial Reports Used to Be Cool & AI's Microwave Moment

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Gave an AI agent admin access to a database, which unintentionally added a new status field, highlighting the need for permission controls

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