Rules for the files AI may open, change, or share.
AI file permissions are a hall pass for your computer. The AI can open the homework folder, but your diary stays locked.
They stop the AI from touching the wrong files. You meet them in file uploads and office agents.
AI File Upload
File upload gives the AI material. File permissions decide how much it may use.
Agent Security
File permissions keep an agent in the folders it should use.
Data-privacy
They lower the chance of private files being read or sent out.
Permission fatigue
Too many permission prompts can make people click Allow with their eyes closed.