Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls. By: Jasmine Mithani for The 19th This story was published in partnership with The 19th News, an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. Last October, a 13-year-old boy in Wisconsin used…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Synthetic Data and the Illusion of Privacy: Legal Risks of Using De-Identified AI Training Sets
Mark D. Metrey of Hudson Cook LLP writes: As artificial intelligence (AI) systems grow more advanced and data-driven, organizations are turning to synthetic and de-identified data to power model development while purportedly reducing legal risk. The assumption is simple: if the data no longer identifies a specific individual, it falls outside the reach of stringent…
AI tools collect and store data about you from all your devices – here’s how to be aware of what you’re revealing
Christopher Ramezan writes: Like it or not, artificial intelligence has become part of daily life. Many devices – including electric razors and toothbrushes – have become “AI-powered,” using machine learning algorithms to track how a person uses the device, how the device is working in real time, and provide feedback. From asking questions to an AI assistant…
The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster – TechCrunch
Amanda Silberling writes: It sounds like the start of a 21st-century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new stand-alone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. When you…