All secrets revealed in the age of AI, says French digital envoy
Artificial intelligence may be used to glean information about, say, one’s sexual orientation from as little as three Facebook likes
13 June 2019 - 18:10
Tunis — Be it illness or an affair, your secret may no longer be safe as artificial intelligence (AI) gives government and business the power to crawl over personal data, France’s digital envoy said on Thursday.
Information gleaned from everyday communications could then be used to exclude people from jobs, deny them insurance or curtail a myriad of freedoms, said Henri Verdier, France’s top digital specialist, calling for stronger privacy rules...
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