<![CDATA[NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models]]>NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models

In our latest piece, we explain what the current ‘govAI’ looks like across the UK, EU and U.S. and the privacy implications this could have for residents of a country.

https://pvcy.org/PJtBty

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5de91f34-42e4-4764-a781-b34daad29c38/new-from-big-oil-to-big-algorithm-public-money-in-private-modelsRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:46:00 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:35:17 GMT]]>@privacyint I respect where you are coming from here, but big oil is far different then Generative AI / LLMs. Oil -- the petrodollar -- is destroying our world. Knowledge, online knowledge, is a vastly different thing. It is serving us directly in a way that oil, coal, and gas -- and certainly tobacco -- is ABSOLUTELY NOT. We need clean energy. We need to annihilate the petrodollar with electric... and knowledge. Understand what you are advocating for here. Call me if you to know more. I'm available to you .. and my own children .. 24/7.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116539924015859641https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116539924015859641Fri, 08 May 2026 16:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT]]>From the EU’s InvestAI to the UK’s numerous memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Anthropic and OpenAI to the US’ million-dollar contracts with major AI companies, we’re seeing a growing interest from governments in AI development and adoption particularly for public services.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875748255356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875748255356Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT]]>This ‘govAI’ trend is still in an early stage, and it could range from AI chatbots on council websites to AI productivity tools for drafting emails or sorting consultation responses.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875757840545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875757840545Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT]]>These uses raise questions around privacy and data protection. How are residents’ data protected and managed when being processed and stored by a black box algorithm? Are there data-sharing risks when it comes to tuning? And is this the most responsible use of taxpayer money?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875766887141https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875766887141Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT]]>Read more in our latest piece: https://pvcy.org/PJtBty

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875775970531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/116539875775970531Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:01 GMT