Artificial intelligence systems are starting to do more than answer questions. New AI “agents” can remember information from previous interactions, plan a series of steps and use digital tools to complete tasks.
Memory is part of what makes these systems useful. But my recent research, conducted with my colleague Hadis Karimipour at the University of Calgary, shows that memory can also create a security weakness that is easy to overlook. Think of an AI agent as an assistant that keeps a notebook of what it learns. Each time it completes a task, useful information can be written into the notebook and consulted later.
