Topic: ai surveillance
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My Weekend With a Family-Watching AI Got Strange
The author tested Google's Gemini for Home AI, which provided real-time descriptive alerts of household activities, improving on generic security notifications with specific details like identifying family members versus strangers. While real-time alerts were mostly accurate, the system's daily H...
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AI Monitors Prison Calls to Predict Planned Crimes
A new AI system is being used to monitor prison phone calls for potential criminal activity, sparking debate over privacy and predictive policing, with recent FCC rules allowing its funding through fees charged to inmates and their families. The FCC reversed earlier 2024 reforms that had banned b...
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Vandals Target AI Necklace Ads That Record Your Conversations
A wave of vandalism on AI necklace ads in New York City subways reflects public concerns over privacy and AI's role in daily life, with graffiti expressing skepticism about the device's recording and companionship features. Critics targeted the product's implications, linking it to broader issues...
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White House Frustrated by Anthropic's AI Limits on Law Enforcement
The White House is frustrated with Anthropic for prohibiting the use of its AI in domestic surveillance, despite its approval for classified national security tasks. Federal contractors face obstacles deploying Anthropic's Claude for monitoring, with officials criticizing its inconsistent policie...
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AI Video Surveillance: The End of Privacy?
AI video surveillance enhances public safety but raises significant privacy concerns due to its ability to track individuals and create detailed profiles. The technology is prone to errors and biases, leading to false identifications and unfair targeting, with data management practices varying wi...
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AI Browsers: Are the Security Risks Worth It?
AI browsers integrate powerful language models to automate tasks like shopping and summarization, but they introduce significant security and privacy risks that users must weigh. Key threats include prompt injection attacks that can bypass safety protocols and allow unauthorized data access, with...
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Chrome 0-Day Patched, npm Attack, LinkedIn AI Data Scandal
A large majority (89%) of enterprise AI usage is undetected by IT and security teams, posing significant data privacy and compliance risks. Security experts emphasize the importance of engineering-driven protection and secure-by-design approaches over mere compliance checkboxes. Emerging threats ...
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TikTok's Freedom Edition: What You Need to Know
A tentative agreement has been reached for the sale of TikTok's US operations to a consortium of investors, though final approval from the Chinese government is still pending, with the US government not holding a stake in the new entity. TikTok's value is seen in its user base and data by investo...
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