AI agents are not your “coworkers”
A commentary challenges the growing corporate practice of assigning human names and workplace identities to AI agents, arguing the framing obscures the true nature of these systems as tools rather than colleagues.
Why this matters: Anthropomorphizing AI systems can erode users' awareness of how their interactions are logged, processed, and retained — making it harder for individuals to recognize when they are engaging with a data-collecting system rather than a human peer.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy · Privacy officers
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