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Alexa, please tell Halo to stop recording everyone I talk to and everything in my vicinity.

It is inevitable that Artificial Intelligence gets embedded into pretty much every machine and system we interact with. The benefits of systems that use every bit of available data and that learn from experience are as significant as electrically powered devices were in the last century. Yet the impacts and risks of A.I. on individuals …

On a call with a telecom operator executive— should you sell your data?

I like this post because it does a couple of things: Firstly it shows how the ‘data mindset’ works, how a good analyst just looks at data from completely different angles to the average person. Secondly what WhatsApp can do with the trail of data you leave behind. Yet, I am less keen because the …

Talking back to the algorithm – why streaming consumers must be given control

“The promised personalization of cord-cutting and algorithms – watching what I want, and only what I want, when I want, for a price that seems appropriate for what I consume – should be paying off big time, right? Then why am I so frustrated?” “[…] streaming services have seen a massive growth. But growth is …

We must save privacy from privacy itself

“Michele Loi is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich. He argues that proponents of privacy should not put privacy above health – else risk sliding into irrelevance. [..] The second risk for privacy is paradoxical: it follows from having “too much respect” for privacy itself. If our concern with privacy prevents urgent political action …

White House Tech Chief Calls Europe’s AI Principles Clumsy Compared to U.S. Approach

The European Union released a white paper Wednesday outlining principles for regulating artificial intelligence, similar in nature to a set of principles issued by the U.S. government in January. However, at least one aspect of the EU’s document falls short, according to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios. White House Tech Chief Calls Europe’s AI Principles Clumsy Compared …

ICO consultation on the draft AI auditing framework guidance for organisations

The ICO has launched its consultation on our draft guidance on the AI auditing framework. The guidance contains advice on how to understand data protection law in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) and recommendations for organisational and technical measures to mitigate the risks AI poses to individuals. It also provides a solid methodology to audit AI applications …

Silicon Valley Heads to Europe, Nervous About New Rules

A first draft of the artificial intelligence policy, which is being coordinated by Ms. Vestager, will be released on Wednesday, along with broader recommendations outlining the bloc’s digital strategy for the coming years. Silicon Valley executives are taking action as Europe has increasingly set the standard on tech policy and regulation. In recent years, the …

The Future of Premium Programmatic: Scaling Zero-Party Data

“Programmatic Advertising is in a perpetual state of flux. Exciting new channels, buying methods, and success metrics are contrasted with transparency issues, mistrust, and ever-decreasing engagement rates. Privacy legislation, such as Europe’s GDPR and the recently enacted CCPA in the U.S., amount to a new age of stringent data collection, with consumer consent being essential – data needs to …