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AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

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Re: AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

#3
lol, uh, I'm pretty sure they actually can't.

You or a business with legal owners can have a bank account, and you can give access to that account to an agent, but real banks work in the real world, and "know your customer" regulations need a real person somewhere in the chain.

But, hey, maybe I'm wrong.

Re: AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

#6
post #2

> Quick KYC > Fill out your info and upload an ID. Wait. Parrots have ID now? > Get Verified > Instant identity verification. Most approvals happen in seconds. How does anyone verify a parrot?

I'm sure someone can make a verification parrot too. Why pull yourself up by the bootstraps when you can just strap a rocket engine on your boots instead?

Re: AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

#8
"join waitlist"

Translation, no, AI agents can not create their own bank accounts, but someone's spamming Hacker News to see if there's interest in creating a company to allow that.

With modern banking regulations and security procedures. I'm not even sure how that would be possible. Every bank account I've opened requires me to give them my photo ID and social security number, which AI agents don't have.

Meaning, YOU would have to give them YOUR ID to vouch for your agent, so this just means a human would be opening a bank account...which isn't new.

Re: AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

#10
post #3

lol, uh, I'm pretty sure they actually can't. You or a business with legal owners can have a bank account, and you can give access to that account to an agent, but real banks work in the real world, and "know your customer" regulations need a real person somewhere in the chain. But, hey, maybe I'm wrong.

It's OK because one of the AIs paid off the AI pretending to be the government regulator, I guess?
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