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…
The practice, known as "surveillance pricing," offers different prices to subscribers based on their activities, such as reading morning headlines, checking an election update or following a favorite columnist.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of unlawfully collecting and profiting from children's data without parental consent.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of unlawfully collecting and profiting from children’s data without parental consent. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Netflix, alleging the streaming platform illegally collected user data from children without parental consent. DETAIL: The suit alleges Netflix created a large-scale “surveillance program” that tracked viewing habits, devices, household networks, and behavioral data while presenting itself as a privacy-friendly, kid-safe platform. Paxton says the company uses addictive design features such as autoplay and recommendation algorithms to keep users, including children, engaged longer, in…Open