Privacy Concerns

OpenAI has removed a feature allowing ChatGPT conversations to be indexed by the Google search engine. The action comes following a growing number of complaints about user privacy. The company called it a “short-lived experiment.” OpenAI’s “short-lived experiment” with letting people share their ChatGPT conversations with Google’s search engine has…

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI made a rare about-face Thursday, abruptly discontinuing a feature that allowed ChatGPT users to make their conversations discoverable through Google and other search…

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has temporarily suspended downloads of its chatbot applications in South Korea while working with local privacy regulators to address concerns, officials confirmed Monday, according to AP and local media. The rising AI player pulled its apps from South Korean versions of Apple’s App Store and Google…

The Sunbird messaging app for Android has flown the solar coop. The app has completely shut down following massive privacy concerns, as reported by 9to5Google. This comes after the app received increased scrutiny when it partnered with Nothing to act as the basis of the smartphone manufacturer’s Nothing Chats app.…

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A hot potato: When Nothing unveiled its chat app last week, it seemed to have cracked the wall separating iMessage users from everyone who doesn't own an iPhone. However, a group of security researchers soon made sharp…

According to Irish watchdog DPC, Google has not provided enough information about Bard and specifically about how its generative AI tool ensures Europeans’ privacy. Tech giant Google LLC (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has been forced to postpone the launch of its Google Bard chatbot in the European Union following the ban from Irish Data…

As part of its takeover of Fitbit, Google will begin requiring customers to use Google accounts to manage their fitness-tracking devices, reigniting privacy concerns over the acquisition in 2019. As of now, owners of Fitbit devices maintain a separate online account that isn't connected to Google, except where users have…

Amid data privacy concerns raised by the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, Google says it will remove abortion clinics and other facilities from users’ location history. Since the ruling, Google and other tech giants had largely remained silent about how they would handle requests for data about users…

That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Wednesday, June 29, and I’m your host, Samira Balsara. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, there are now concerns that data from period tracking apps can be used as evidence in court. Experts told SBS News,…

In the five years or so since Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Assistant arrived in Australia, the role of smart assistants in our lives has changed dramatically. Originally, they were voice-powered intermediaries for internet tasks like searching for answers to a question, streaming music or making purchases. But these days…