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Tools for convenience can easily serve surveillance, repression or warfare
One company involved in that is IAI, Israel’s largest government employer. Read our report with Corporate Watch
https://privacyinternational.org/report/5703/dual-use-tech-israel-aerospace-industries-iai-example
NEW: Kenya's Social Health Authority used AI to overcharge the poorest Kenyans while undercharging the richest - exposed by Lighthouse Reports, Africa Uncensored, and @TheGuardian
https://sha.africauncensored.online/
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.
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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.
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.
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?
Read more in our latest piece: https://pvcy.org/PJtBty
Half a million people's health data has been up for sale on Alibaba thanks to poor data management practices.
It's a messy situation that reveals the deep risks of secondary use of health data 🫠
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvxgl3n138o
