Clearview AI faces $45.6M fine in the Netherlands for ‘illegal database’ of faces https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/clearview-ai-netherlands-1.7311631
Palantir partners with Microsoft to sell AI to the government https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24216215/palantir-microsoft-azure-ai-defense-partnership-surveillance
UK’s first AI traffic cameras that detect mobile phone use rolled out in Devon and Cornwall https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-08-02/ai-traffic-cameras-that-detect-mobile-phone-use-rolled-out
“AI toothbrushes” are coming for your teeth—and your data https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/ai-toothbrushes-are-coming-for-your-teeth-and-your-data/
Javier Milei’s government will monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-30/javier-mileis-government-will-monitor-social-media-with-ai-to-predict-future-crimes.html
A new White House report embraces open-source AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-new-white-house-report-embraces-open-source-ai/
74% of Americans Fear AI Will Destroy Privacy https://finance.yahoo.com/news/74-americans-fear-ai-destroy-110000887.html
Google Pixel 9 might auto-record and transcribe your calls using AI https://www.androidpolice.com/ai-call-notes-and-redesigned-panorama-mode-on-pixel-9/
Japan supermarket chain uses AI to gauge staff smiles, speech tones in quality service push https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3271333/japan-supermarket-chain-uses-ai-gauge-staff-smiles-speech-tones-quality-service-push
Reddit blocking all search engines except Google, as it implements AI paywall https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/25/reddit-blocking-search-engines/
AI can reveal what’s on your screen via signals leaking from cables https://www.shiningscience.com/2024/07/ai-can-reveal-whats-on-your-screen-via.html
FTC probes AI-powered ‘surveillance pricing’ at Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, McKinsey and others https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ftc-probes-ai-powered-surveillance-pricing-mastercard-jpmorgan-chase-mckinsey-others
Paris 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66122743
AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare https://theconversation.com/ai-mass-surveillance-at-paris-olympics-a-legal-scholar-on-the-security-boon-and-privacy-nightmare-233321
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