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Instinct AI Assistant Raises Major Privacy Concerns Over Data Access and Consent

Testers and privacy researchers say the assistant’s broad access to email, messages and device data could expose years of personal records.

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Instinct, the AI assistant developed by a San Francisco-based startup, has quickly gained attention for its ability to handle complex tasks across a user’s digital life. The service promises to manage email, schedule meetings, analyze documents, and even make decisions on behalf of its users with minimal oversight. Yet as adoption grows, experts and privacy advocates have voiced serious worries about how the system collects, stores, and processe…

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The Instinct AI assistant, which accesses users' mail, messages, calendar and devices during private testing, has faced complaints about storing data and performing actions without permission.

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TechCrunch broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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