UK AI Security InstituteSocietal impacts§6.3

AI agents get the power to move money

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The warning

Newly published tools increasingly let AI agents carry out consequential actions in finance, such as transferring assets and trading, rather than only reading data.

Paraphrased from the source. Source: Frontier AI Trends Report, UK AI Security Institute, Dec 18, 2025, section 6.3, page 41.

What the registry shows

No case file yet shows an AI agent moving money wrongly or being tricked into it. Hijacked agents on file have leaked data and run code; with payment powers, the same attacks would reach money.

No verified case file matches this warning.

Status history

Date	Status	Matching case files	Change
Oct 18, 2026	Nothing on record yet	0	Tracking starts

Tracked since Oct 18, 2026. A line is added when the status changes, when the first real-world case is linked, and once a month, so the record shows when a warning moved from research to reality. research_history.json

All matching case files

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How we match: a case file is linked to a warning when what happened is a real-world instance of the risk the source describes, judged by the editors from the facts in the case file. A match means the case fits the warning, not that it proves the source's wider argument. Allegations in lawsuits are labelled as allegations. Statuses are editorial and reviewed as new cases arrive. The matching is recomputed on every update. Data: Systematic coverage in the registry starts in 2025, so a first-case date shows when the registry first recorded the risk, not when it first happened. research.json (CC BY 4.0)