Friends Don’t Let Friends Feed Their Data to AI Agents
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TL;DR
- There is a growing trend of consumer tech gadgets designed to spy on individuals, often without their consent.
- AI personal assistants like Meta's Muse encourage users to share their own data and the data of their contacts.
- These apps request access to sensitive information such as bank accounts, passwords, contacts, and chat logs.
- AI agents allow tech companies to extend mass surveillance to large amounts of sensitive data, enabling users to automate everyday tasks.
- Meredith Whittaker of the Signal Foundation notes that these autonomous actions impact not only the user but also everyone they communicate with, based on intimate personal information.