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Robinhood users can now use AI agents to invest on their behalf, Robinhood chief investment officer Stephanie Guild said in a Bloomberg interview. That puts an AI agent into a consequential job: handling investment activity, rather than simply offering suggestions.

The interview description says Guild discussed consumers using the pullback in AI to invest, but gives no detail on what the agents can do or what approval and oversight they require. The useful news is the reported availability, not a reason to hand over your portfolio on faith. For investors, the key question is what control people keep when an agent acts for them. Bloomberg’s segment raises that question, even if its supplied description leaves the operating details in the wings.

Discuss: How much authority should an AI agent have over someone’s investments before it must ask for explicit approval?

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