DoorDash is paying delivery workers to film their surroundings and record their voices for AI training through a new feature called Tasks, but security experts warn the biometric and spatial data collected can never be deleted once embedded in AI systems, raising serious privacy alarms for participants and bystanders alike.
A simple technique using public Hacker News comments and an LLM can generate shockingly accurate personal profiles, revealing users' careers, habits, and personality traits, sparking serious privacy concerns despite the data being freely available online.
Google is rolling out its AI-powered Personal Intelligence feature to all US users for free, connecting Gemini to Gmail and Google Photos to deliver hyper-personalized shopping and travel recommendations — no manual input required, though it remains off by default and limited to personal accounts.
A massive security breach exposes 3.7 million chat logs, 1.4 million audio files, and sensitive customer data from Sears Home Services' AI chatbot, Samantha, raising serious fraud and privacy concerns after some recordings captured up to four hours of private ambient conversations customers never knew were being recorded.
Google is rolling out Personal Intelligence to free U.S. users, connecting Gmail and Google Photos to AI Mode, the Gemini app, and Chrome to deliver personalized shopping, travel, and hobby recommendations — while giving users full control over their data connections.
Father-son startup Nyne raises $5.3M in seed funding to build an AI intelligence layer that analyzes public digital footprints across platforms like Instagram and Strava, helping businesses better understand customer behaviors as autonomous AI agents increasingly make purchasing decisions on consumers' behalf.
Superhuman disables Grammarly's Expert Review AI feature after public backlash over cloning real writers' identities without consent, with both the director of product management and CEO Shishir Mehrotra issuing apologies and pledging to rebuild the feature so experts can control or opt out of how their identity and knowledge are …
A new NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters finds only 26% of Americans view AI positively, with 46% viewing it negatively amid surging anxiety over job loss, privacy risks, and rising energy costs driven by data center expansion.
Meta faces a lawsuit and international investigations over its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses after reports reveal overseas contractors in Kenya are reviewing users' intimate and explicit footage, directly contradicting the company's 'designed for privacy' marketing claims — and over seven million buyers have no way to opt out.
Researchers warn that AI large language models can now deanonymize pseudonymous social media users with up to 90% precision by browsing the web and analyzing free text, raising urgent concerns about government surveillance, corporate profiling, and targeted scams.