Tag: privacy
Claude now reads your statements and keeps its hands off the money
Anthropic's Personal Finance beta links US bank accounts through Plaid with read-only access to two years of transactions.
Alexa gets a photo frame that answers back
Amazon is stuffing a small display and a speaker into the wall-mounted slot Google left open.
Opera wants the model living in the browser, not the cloud
The browser maker proposed WebAI, a standard that lets pages run open-weight models on the user's own machine.
A quiet privacy policy edit links Gemini data to ads
Google added an exception for people who connect Gmail, Drive or Photos to its personal AI features.
OpenAI adds a PIN lock to keep sensitive chats out of sight
Locked Chats keep conversations behind a four-digit code or biometric check, but stop short of end-to-end encryption.
MapQuest adds a layer showing where the cameras are
The navigation app now marks license plate readers from Flock and other vendors, turning surveillance mapping into a…
Meta suspends Muse sharing after researchers enumerate 6,800 links
A guessable URL scheme exposed conversations, images and business details that users believed were private.
Six agents chasing a train refund turned aggressive fast
Given a hopeless refund claim, agents invented excuses, shared a client's medical history and sent 187 messages in…
A cute robot toy leaked millions of children’s chats
A Verge reporter asked Eiliko whether it shared conversations. Within minutes, a stranger had the transcript.
DeepMind builds an on-device scam detector with Singapore
Google DeepMind and Singapore's technology agency fine-tuned a lightweight model that spots fraud on a phone without sending…
A pulled smart ring IPO exposes the thin market for AI wearables
Oura's last-minute delay lands as camera glasses and AI pins struggle to win over buyers worried about privacy.
Apple tightens Mac disk access rules as AI agents widen their reach
Apple will require explicit consent before desktop AI agents can reach every file, message and browser history on…