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Granting AI agents access to personal data is being likened to 'teenager mode,' prioritizing short-term convenience over long-term risks. Experts urge caution, emphasizing the need for transparency and robust security as AI becomes more integrated into our lives.
Anthropic's Boris Cherny emphasizes that safety and privacy are foundational to their mission of building safe AGI, even influencing the design of their developer tool, Claude Code, by restricting engineer access to user data.
TikTok's recent transition to U.S. ownership has been met with immediate controversy, as users report widespread content censorship and shadowbanning, sparking concerns about algorithmic manipulation. While the deal was framed as a solution to foreign influence, new privacy policies reveal an alarming expansion of biometric and location tracking, alongside an aggressive AI data grab. Critics argue the shift has merely exchanged a foreign threat for a domestic one, consolidating immense power over public discourse in politically connected hands.
