Use logged-out mode and confirmation for sensitive AI agent actions
Use logged-out mode and require confirmation for sensitive AI agent steps to prevent unauthorized data access.
In ChatGPT Atlas, select logged-out mode. ChatGPT agent also pauses and asks for confirmation prior to taking sensitive steps such as completing a purchase. When agent is operating on sensitive sites, we have also implemented a “Watch Mode” that alerts you to the sensitive nature of the site and requires you have the tab active to watch the agent do its work. Agent will pause if you move away from the tab with sensitive information.
AI agents accessing sensitive data or performing actions without explicit user consent.
These features ensure the user remains aware and in control of sensitive actions the AI agent performs.
Use logged-out mode and require confirmation for sensitive AI agent steps to prevent unauthorized data access. Features like 'Watch Mode' alert users to sensitive sites and require active tabs, ensuring user awareness and control over AI actions.
These features ensure the user remains aware and in control of sensitive actions the AI agent performs.
- Understanding prompt injections: a frontier security challenge ↗OpenAI · OpenAI News · Nov 7, 2025 · paraphrased
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- Understanding prompt injections: a frontier security challengeOpenAI · OpenAI News · Nov 7, 2025
The Playbook: reusable how-tos, prompts, configs and tips pulled out of the news.
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Questions people ask
- Which AI tools does this work with?
- The sources used it with ChatGPT.
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- OpenAI (OpenAI News). Subvolts collected, normalized and credited it; the link above opens the original.