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1Password lets AI agents sign in without exposing passwords

1Password announced a feature called 1Password for Agents that lets AI agents sign into user accounts without seeing or handling the passwords. Users must approve each sign-in request rather than giving agents open access to all connected accounts. CEO Aashish Tripathi framed it as replacing the old model of handing over a credential and hoping for the best. The feature aims to make agent-driven tasks that require service logins less cumbersome.

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It marks a concrete step in securing credential use by autonomous agents, a practical problem for anyone deploying agents that log into services.

An illustration featuring a lock and a password.

1Password is introducing a new feature that allows AI agents to sign into your accounts without actually seeing or handling your passwords. The aptly named 1Password for Agents doesn't give bots free reign to access all of your connected accounts - you'll still need to grant approval for sign-in requests - but should make it less cumbersome to use Agents for tasks that require them to log into various services.

"Agents are starting to do real work on our behalf. The old model where you hand over a credential and hope for the best doesn't work," 1Password CEO Aashish Tripathi said in a press statement. "An agent should be able to do the job …

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