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How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

25 April 2024 at 16:02
This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.

Β© Cole Wilson for The New York Times

The reporter Kashmir Hill in the Chevrolet Bolt that she and her husband bought in December.

Abortion Data Wars: States and Cities Debate How Much Information to Collect

Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.

Β© Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Abortion rights supporters say they are especially concerned about the potential for anti-abortion states to use data to track patients who travel out-of-state for abortions or receive pills shipped from other states.

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

18 April 2024 at 10:38
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

Β© Winni Wintermeyer for The New York Times

Siddharth Hariharoan tries to control a toy helicopter with his mind through the MindWave Mobile, a device by NeuroSky that reads brain waves.

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

18 April 2024 at 10:38
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

Β© Winni Wintermeyer for The New York Times

Siddharth Hariharoan tries to control a toy helicopter with his mind through the MindWave Mobile, a device by NeuroSky that reads brain waves.

Despite the Watch World’s Secrecy, Data Services Expand

12 April 2024 at 05:00
Swiss brands and retailers now have a few options to determine what’s happening with the industry. Just a couple of years ago, they had almost none.

Β© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Rolex had 2023 sales estimated to have topped 10 billion Swiss francs, according to Morgan Stanley’s seventh annual report that was released in February.

Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

8 April 2024 at 09:59
One bill would require apps like Instagram and TikTok to prioritize young people’s safety, and the other would restrict the collection of consumer data.

Β© Michael Dwyer/Associated Press

β€œWe are making a statement to the tech industry, and to Marylanders, that we need to rein in some of this data gathering,” said Delegate Sara Love, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Researchers at OpenAI’s office in San Francisco developed a tool to transcribe YouTube videos to amass conversational text for A.I. development.
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