"As tech firms race to release new AI tools, users are left unsure how much of their personal data these systems may take. Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence (AI) products, leaving users in the United States to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted to train AI tools."
"Posts warned that the platforms' AI tool rollouts make most private information available for tech company harvesting. Every conversation, every photo, every voice message, fed into AI and used for profit, a November 9 X video about Meta said. Starting December 16th, Meta will start feeding all your data to AI. This video is an instructional on how to turn these settings off."
"Technology companies are rarely fully transparent when it comes to the user data they collect and what they use it for, Krystyna Sikora, a research analyst for the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund, told PolitiFact. Unsurprisingly, this lack of transparency can create significant confusion that in turn can lead to fear mongering and the spread of false information about what is and is not permissible, Sikora said."
Major technology companies are deploying AI features that can access users' public profiles, emails, and other personal data to train models. Google and LinkedIn provide opt-out options for their AI features, while Meta's rollout lacks a comparable opt-out. Social media posts and videos claim platforms are harvesting private messages, photos, and voice data and warn of automatic data feeding. Lack of transparency about what data is collected and how it is used causes confusion and enables misinformation. Reading terms and conditions remains the most reliable way for users to learn how their data will be used and whether it will be shared. The United States lacks a comprehensive federal privacy law.
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