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The Download: military personnel data for sale, and AI watermarking

Nov 06, 2023 - technologyreview.com
Data brokers in the US are selling sensitive private data about active-duty military members and veterans for as little as $0.12 per record, according to a study by Duke University. The data includes names, addresses, geolocation, net worth, religion, and information about their children and health conditions. The study highlights the privacy and national security risks posed by data brokers, a multibillion-dollar industry that collects, aggregates, buys, and sells data.

In other news, President Biden's executive order on AI emphasizes watermarking and content authentication tools to fight AI-generated misinformation. The White House is encouraging tech companies to create new tools to help consumers discern if audio and visual content is AI-generated. The administration plans to work with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), an open-source internet protocol group.

Key takeaways:

  • Data brokers in the US are selling sensitive private data about active-duty military members and veterans for as little as $0.12 per record, according to a study by Duke University researchers.
  • President Biden's executive order on AI emphasizes on watermarking and content authentication tools to fight AI-generated misinformation.
  • AI's impact on free speech online will be one of the topics explored at EmTech MIT 2023, a flagship technology event.
  • Large language models that produce human-like text are rising in the tech world, and these models are trained on troves of publicly available human-created text from the internet.
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