{"id":52275,"date":"2026-06-16T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52275"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:36:36","slug":"agentic-password-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/agentic-password-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Agentic Password Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/06\/08\/apple-passwords-can-now-automatically-fix-passwords-with-agentic-ai\/\">Hartley Charlton<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/06\/08\/ios-27s-passwords-app-can-change-your-passwords-for-you-automatically\/\">9To5Mac<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/06\/08\/apple-passwords-can-now-automatically-fix-passwords-with-agentic-ai\/\">\n<p>Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user&rsquo;s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple describes the system as agentic, with  Apple Intelligence  and Safari securely navigating through websites, signing in, and upgrading accounts to strong passwords without the user needing to intervene beyond an initial tap.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@chockenberry\/116715776467855976\">Craig Hockenberry<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@chockenberry\/116715776467855976\">\n<p>Raise your hand if you&rsquo;re going to trust an AI agent with your passwords.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Maybe it&rsquo;s architected so that the agent doesn&rsquo;t see the actual passwords, but I find the idea of this ghost surfing through sites, logged in as me, really troubling.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@robmathers\/116715836449370148\">Rob Mathers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@robmathers\/116715836449370148\">\n<p>I still see Safari failing to save generated passwords in some cases.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/apple-intelligence-in-appleos-27\/\">Apple Intelligence in appleOS 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/safari-27-announced\/\">Safari 27 Announced<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hartley Charlton (9To5Mac): Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user&rsquo;s behalf. 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