The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon. But to hear Google tell it, generative AI is the future, and the company’s products have to change…
Privacy commissioner expands probe into X after backlash over Grok’s sexual deepfakes
Canada’s privacy commissioner is expanding his investigation into Elon Musk’s X Corp. following multiple reports that its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is being used to create and share explicit images…
ChatGPT Will Now Remember Everything You’ve Ever Told It
OpenAI has rolled out an update to ChatGPT’s Memory feature, allowing the chatbot to remember not just your preferences but all your previous conversations. “This is a surprisingly great feature…
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Since Amazon announced plans for a generative AI version of Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re…
Canada Watchdog Probing X’s Use of Personal Data in AI Models’ Training
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has opened an investigation into X, the social media platform owned by billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, on whether its use of…
Elon Musk’s X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts
X (formerly Twitter) has updated its Privacy Policy to allow third-party “collaborators” to train their AI models on X data, unless users opt out. The addition to the policy implies…