Privacy

Venice AI reached unicorn status with a $65M Series A led by Dragonfly at a $1B valuation, reporting over $70M annualized run-rate revenue while already profitable.

Proton has released a significant upgrade to Lumo, its privacy-focused AI chatbot, enhancing capabilities for its productivity-oriented user base.

A new Google Search history update stores images and media from user interactions to train its AI models, with an opt-out option now available.

Meta halts its controversial employee activity tracking program after an internal security issue exposed sensitive data to the entire company.

The Verge reported that Cox Media and marketing firms were fined over claims about AI-powered active listening ad tools.

TechCrunch reviewed Amazon’s Bee AI wearable, noting its meeting-summary potential alongside concerns over recording and cloud-stored data.

Microsoft is updating Edge with Copilot features that can summarize, quiz, and reason across open tabs and browsing context.

Reports say Chrome has been installing a local Gemini Nano model for AI features, raising storage, consent, and energy concerns.

Meta is facing a U.S. class action lawsuit alleging its Ray-Ban AI smart glasses violated privacy laws and engaged in false advertising after overseas contractors were found reviewing users' intimate footage, including nudity and sexual content.

Future of Privacy Forum tracks 27 enacted AI laws across 14 states, including frontier model risk regulations and chatbot safety protocols now in effect.

Meta is developing facial recognition capabilities for its smart glasses, enabling real-time identity verification and sparking debate over surveillance and privacy rights.

Zoë Hitzig quits OpenAI citing concerns that ChatGPT advertising could manipulate users in unprecedented ways by exploiting intimate psychological data shared with the AI.

Misconfigured Firebase backend exposes 300M AI chat messages from 25M users, including full conversation histories and configurations.

UK's Information Commissioner's Office launches formal probe into X and xAI after Grok AI tool allegedly created non-consensual sexual deepfakes.

Google launches beta feature prompting users to grant Gemini AI access to emails, photos, calendar, and search history, raising privacy concerns among users.

OpenAI tests significant upgrade to ChatGPT's temporary chat feature, retaining personalization while maintaining privacy protections and preventing data usage for model training.