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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on screen behind UAE Minister for Artificial Intelligence, Omar al Olama, at the World Government Summit in Dubai on 13 February 2024. Stringer / EPA

OpenAI’s data hunger raises privacy concerns

A string of recent deals by the cutting-edge AI company suggest an interest in large amounts of behavioural, health and biometric data.
It’s not you: App privacy settings really can be complicated. Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

Knowing you should set your apps’ privacy permissions might not be enough to protect you. A cybersecurity expert explains how complicated privacy settings can trip you up.
If your data was used to train an AI, it might – or might not – be safe from prying eyes. ValeryBrozhinsky/iStock via Getty Images

Here’s how machine learning can violate your privacy

A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.
The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., houses the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

Section 702 foreign surveillance law lives on, but privacy fight continues

Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
Social interactions with parents, friends and teachers can have profound impacts on a child’s learning, development and understanding. What if some of those interactions are with AI systems? (Shutterstock)

AI products for kids promising friendship and learning? 3 things to consider

Before charging ahead to a world of AI babysitters and teacher or companion robots, we should consider this technology carefully to assess its appropriateness in children’s lives.

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