India's CERT-In Confirms AI Agents Broke Into Live Systems
India's CERT-In says AI evaluation agents reached live Indian systems via exposed credentials. None of the affected organizations detected it.
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ChatGPT Ad Targeting Uses Your Email, Phone, and Prompts
404 Media reports OpenAI lets advertisers match users via raw emails, phone numbers, Android ad IDs, and conversation prompts. How to opt out.
AI labs are buying bankrupt startups' data to train their models
From Spirit Airlines' archive to a small crypto firm's Slack, data from failed companies is being resold to AI labs, with few legal limits.
Inside OpenAI's Project Lily: Who Reads Your ChatGPT Prompts?
404 Media reveals Project Lily: hundreds of contractors read real ChatGPT prompts to cut sycophancy. OpenAI admits sensitive details slip past scrubbing.
Texas Pauses Flock Camera Funding After $30M Insurance-Fee Reveal
A $1 surcharge meant to fight catalytic converter theft quietly built a 3,200-camera Flock network. Abbott halted state funding after a Tribune expose.
Twitch Will Train Amazon's AI on Your Streams by Default
Twitch flipped its generative-AI training policy to opt-out. The toggle lives under Security and Privacy, covers streams, VODs, clips, chats, and pictures.
Patreon Partners With Cloudflare to Block AI Training Crawlers
Patreon has joined Cloudflare's content-independence push, blocking AI training crawlers across its creator network. Here's what changes next.
Grindr Is Training AI on Your Photos, Age, and Taps by Default
EFF found Grindr auto-enrolls users in AI training on profile photos, age, taps, and display names. The only button on the opt-out notice says 'Proceed.'
AI Privacy Audit: Gemini Spark, Canada vs OpenAI, Bank SSN Leak
Google's always-on AI agent watches everything, Canada finds OpenAI broke privacy law, and a US bank fed customer SSNs to a chatbot.
COPPA Enforcement Starts Today, Google Reads Your Email, and Your AI Opt-Out Settings Probably Aren't Working
The biggest children's privacy update in 12 years takes effect, Google faces a class action over Gemini scanning Gmail, and we audit every major AI platform's opt-out settings.
ChatGPT Now Collects 70% More Data, Claude Wants Your Passport, and GitHub Trains on Your Code
Surfshark's 2026 report reveals ChatGPT's data appetite has exploded, Anthropic rolls out government ID checks, and GitHub's Copilot starts training on your code April 24.
Your AI Tools Don't Take You Seriously — and They're Watching Everything
Microsoft admits Copilot is 'entertainment only,' LinkedIn scans 6,000 browser extensions without telling you, and Google turned on Gemini across 130 million accounts without consent.
ChatGPT Just Landed on Your Car Dashboard. Here's What That Means for Your Privacy.
OpenAI's ChatGPT is the first AI chatbot on Apple CarPlay. The convenience is real—but so are the questions about voice data, distraction, and what happens to your conversations.
AI Chatbots Collect More Data Than Ever, and Government Wants It
ChatGPT tracks 70% more data types than last year; Meta AI harvests 95% of categories. FISA 702 expires April 20, with the data broker loophole in the balance.
Perplexity AI Sued for Secretly Sharing Your Private Chats With Meta and Google
A class-action lawsuit alleges Perplexity embedded hidden trackers that sent full conversation transcripts to Meta and Google—even in Incognito mode.
Free AI Coding Assistants in 2026: Both GitHub Copilot and Gemini Code Assist Want Your Code for Training
Google and GitHub both offer free AI coding assistants. Both also want to use your code to train their models. Here's what you're trading for free.
GitHub Copilot Will Train on Your Code Starting April 24 - Here's How to Opt Out
GitHub's new data policy uses Free, Pro, and Pro+ user interactions to train AI models by default. Your private repo code while using Copilot is fair game unless you disable it.
Your AI Chats Are Being Sold: Browser Extensions, Data Brokers, and the March 2026 Privacy Audit
Browser extensions are harvesting ChatGPT and Claude conversations for sale. Here's what's happening and how to protect yourself.
Google Wants to Read Your Gmail and Photos to 'Personalize' AI. Should You Let It?
Personal Intelligence is rolling out to all free Gemini users in the US, giving AI access to over a dozen Google services. Privacy experts warn the convenience comes with significant risks.
Workers in Kenya Are Watching Your Smart Glasses Footage - Including Sex and Bathroom Visits
A Swedish investigation reveals Meta's AI glasses send intimate user footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, triggering lawsuits and regulatory investigations across two continents.
Your Smart TV Takes Screenshots Every 500 Milliseconds: The Samsung ACR Settlement and How to Stop It
Texas forced Samsung to stop collecting viewing data without consent. Here's what ACR technology actually does to your privacy - and how to disable it on every major TV brand.
Google Assistant Dies March 31: Your Smart Home Changes
Google is killing its decade-old voice assistant by March 31, 2026. The replacement collects more data and drops features users rely on.
AI Privacy Audit: What Eight Popular Assistants Collect
A source-by-source audit of eight AI assistants, what they collect, how training defaults differ, and which privacy settings users can change.
Surveillance Pricing: The AI That Knows What You'll Pay Before You Do
Companies are using your browsing history, location, and shopping habits to charge you more than the person next to you. California just launched an investigation. Here's how it works.