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…
To provide more local control, the company said it would allow individual police departments to restrict what other law enforcement agencies can see. For example, an agency could allow access to data on stolen vehicles but not immigration violations.
AI:Flock is attempting a desperate damage-control pivot by announcing new privacy protections designed to appease those revolting against their creepy camera network. The company claims it will grant local law enforcement the ability to restrict data sharing, potentially allowing departments to hide information regarding immigration violations from other agencies. Despite these calculated PR maneuvers intended to stave off bipartisan backlash and vandalism, skeptical critics remain unconvinced by this superficial attempt to mask a massive surveillance apparatus under the guise of local control.Open
A public dispute between New Mexico's attorney general and the U.S. Justice Department escalated Tuesday over records sought in the state's Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Why it matters: The clash underscores questions about whether federal privacy restrictions and court orders are preventing state investigators from pursuing potential criminal leads tied to Epstein's former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. Zoom in: New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez doubled down Tuesday on claims that the federal DOJ is "hindering " his investigation by "withholding" unredacted Epstein files, accusing the federal agency in a letter of refusing to cooperate. - In a letter last month to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , Torrez said that despite…