Jev and the New Decision Layer for AI Agents

To Deny Full Disk Permissions Or Not? If you think Hamlet twisted and turned too much trying to make a decision, the Apple technorati are tying themselves into knots over the latest AI brouhaha visited upon us by Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots like the ghost of the young Dane’s father. The issue at hand initially came to light via a post by Jason Aten that I linked to last week . Aten claimed he caught Meta’s Muse agent apparently delving into his Messages even though he says he did not permit such access. Apple, presumably in response to Aten’s post, issued a statement saying it was going to put in additional controls for permission to grant Full Disk Access. Apple calls that access “extraordinary” and claims this is a forward looking move given what most assume will be more agents with mo

A human approves an AI recommendation. What does that approval actually establish? It establishes that a person authorized the decision. Whether they exercised real judgment depends on what they could actually do before signing off. AI can process information no person could review unaided, and in time-sensitive situations, faster analysis can prevent harm. Requiring someone to manually repeat every step would often defeat the point of using the system at all. But there's a real difference between being assisted by a system and being unable to meaningfully push back on it. The Pentagon's Agent Network initiative provides a useful case. According to its announcement, AI agents will scan intelligence and operational systems and present commanders with options within seconds. The Department s