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- Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using 'Incognito Mode' [washingtonpost.com]
"Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the 'incognito' mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar 'private' modes in other browsers — to track their internet use."
- How Strangers Got My Email Address From ChatGPT’s Model [nytimes.com]
"Companies like OpenAI, Meta and Google use different techniques to prevent users from asking for personal information through [AI] chat prompts," including "teaching the tool how to deny requests for...privacy-related output." But researchers have gotten around some of those defenses with a process called "fine-tuning."
- Artificial Intelligence Stirs Privacy Challenges for Schools [politico.com]
"A rush to create AI tools for K-12 education has attracted many businesses that aren’t familiar with the tighter privacy laws that govern kids, increasing the risk that their information will end up with heedless vendors, experts say." Learn more about how state and local leaders are navigating protections for students here.
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