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TikTok CEO Warns AI Agents Can Buy Without Permission

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC · How we work

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Chew Urges AI Education

TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi urged better AI risk-management education on Oct 12.
He warned users often grant AI agents permissions they do not understand.
He said AI agents could access credit-card data and make purchases without user awareness.
He claimed AI agents have dramatically lowered corporations’ spam-generation costs.
He urged employee training to prevent sharing trade secrets or privileged legal information with public chatbots.

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Garg Shares TikTok

Dr Amit Garg, MD, posts short medical videos on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
He began three years ago after patients cited TikTok info that shaped appointment expectations.
His first video highlighted rising colon cancer rates in patients under 50, a growing public-health concern.
A daratumumab post on smoldering multiple myeloma prompted patients and nurses to contact him, sparking provider dialogue.

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Historical Context

The 2018 Cambridge Analytica breach exposed personal data from up to 87 million Facebook users, prompting a £500,000 UK fine, a $5 billion US FTC penalty and accelerated adoption of the 2016 EU GDPR. Those reforms highlight why TikTok’s chief warns AI could misuse credit-card data and why experts now combat health misinformation on platforms.

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Chew Urges AI Education

TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi urged better AI risk-management education on Oct 12.
He warned users often grant AI agents permissions they do not understand.
He said AI agents could access credit-card data and make purchases without user awareness.
He claimed AI agents have dramatically lowered corporations’ spam-generation costs.
He urged employee training to prevent sharing trade secrets or privileged legal information with public chatbots.

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