Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models
Researchers developed an easy-to-use tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits the purpose of their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias.
Aug. 30, 2024 • ~8 min
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.
Aug. 16, 2024 • ~7 min
AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
July 17, 2024 • ~10 min
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
Many videos people upload to YouTube aren’t really meant for public consumption, but they’re available for AI companies to vacuum up. Many of these personal videos are posted by children.
June 27, 2024 • ~10 min
Apple insists its ChatGPT tie-up will protect users’ privacy: here are the questions it must answer first
When Apple finally unveiled its AI strategy at its developers’ conference, Elon Musk and privacy activists began raising alarm bells.
June 14, 2024 • ~5 min
Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they mean for the rest of us
Secret recordings raise questions about Justice Alito’s impartiality, but they also reveal the weak state of legal protections against the misuse of the microphones and cameras everyone carries.
June 13, 2024 • ~7 min
AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition
An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t rely on them to fill all your search needs.
June 7, 2024 • ~8 min
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