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AXIOS (Ina Fried) - What happens to what you share with AI

Imagine a chatbot built to keep you talking a little longer. To change your mind about something. Or persuade you to buy something. - Now imagine it could draw on everything it knows about you — including the fears, insecurities and private details you shared in conversation — to do it. Why it matters: Few rules directly govern that scenario today, making AI companies' promises about how they use consumer data especially consequential. The big picture: In the first installment of Axios' "What they know about you" series , published in 2019, we examined the information major tech companies collected about their users. In 2024, we followed up with a look at what consumer data AI companies use to train their systems. - This new…

NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Nieves) - Watchdog: Options to short-circuit 'surveillance pricing' are limited

Surveillance pricing uses data on a consumer’s phone to determine what they’re willing to pay for something.

NYTIMES (Sapna Maheshwari) - Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data

Nanit and other start-ups want to track your children through the night — and soon, for much longer than that.

NYTIMES (Claire Fahy) - What Could One Banana Cost? $10? Maybe for You, Some Fear.

Grocery stores can use shoppers’ personal data to charge different customers different prices, a practice known as surveillance pricing. Lawmakers in New York are considering a ban.