Proposed EU-US Data privacy framework is too vague

The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has recommended states that the executive order is too vague, and leaves US courts — who would be the sole interpreters of the proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework — wiggle room to approve the bulk collection of data for signals intelligence, and doesn’t apply … Read more

What you put in ChatGPT stays in ChatGPT!

The ChatGPT tool is based on a web crawler which collects for every bit of connected data, by which it will turn up and propogate proprietary information. But at the same time developers love to cut & paste production jsons/xmls into public-free-pretty formatters/validators or unintentionally share that with their AI Assistant. And office employees type … Read more

Controller based on the choice of purpose and “essential” means

The EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor states in an opinion that in order to act as a controller, the entity / involved party must determine the purposes & essential means of the processing. “Essential means” are closely linked to the purpose and the scope of the processing.On the other hand, “non-essential means” concern more … Read more

Bard AI answers wrong and value of shares drop with $100bn

Google AI was promoted in an advert designed to show off its new AI bot (Bard). Unfortunately Bard answered a query incorrectly. On Twitter last Monday, the bot was asked about what to tell a nine-year-old about discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. It offered the response that the telescope was the first to … Read more

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Italian DPA halts AI Chatbot due to privacy concerns

The Italian privacy regulator has ordered a popular AI chatbot to cease processing data on domestic citizens after breaking GDPR rules. The ‘virtual friend’ app tries to improve users’ emotional well-being and help users understand their thoughts and calm anxiety through stress management, socialization and the search for love,” but doesn’t seem to comply with … Read more