A tech expert is urging Gmail users to switch off several features over concerns that Google could automatically access their sensitive email data and use it to train AI. A lawsuit filed on 25 November by Illinois resident Thomas Thele claimed that on 10 October 2025, Google secretly turned on
The NAACP, the prominent U.S. civil rights organisation, unveiled a blueprint aimed at preventing AI from deepening racial inequities in healthcare, calling for bias audits and equity-first standards as hospitals, technology firms, and regulators adopt AI tools. The 75-page report, Building a Healthier Future: Designing AI for Health Equity,
YouTube is expanding its likeness detection tool, first introduced in October, to millions of creators in the YouTube Partner Programme as AI-manipulated content becomes more prevalent. The tool uses creators' biometrics to help remove AI-generated videos that exploit their likeness, but experts have warned that it also allows Google
On 9 November 2025, Mixpanel, a third-party web analytics provider used by OpenAI for its API product frontend, suffered a security breach when an attacker gained unauthorised access to part of their systems and exported a dataset containing limited customer identifiable information and analytics data. OpenAI confirmed the incident affected
Meta has unveiled a new AI feature that would allow Facebook to access users’ entire camera rolls. The system is designed to analyse locally stored photos in order to provide automatic editing suggestions before images are uploaded to the platform. Meta stressed that the function is optional and requires explicit
Canadian AI firm Cohere officially launched its agent platform called North on August 6, 2025, enabling enterprises and government agencies to keep sensitive data within their own infrastructure while using AI. North's unique approach deploys AI systems directly in customers' environments—whether on-premises, in hybrid clouds, virtual
On 7 August 2025, Proton launched Lumo, a privacy-focused AI assistant that applies end-to-end encryption. User queries and responses remain invisible even to Proton itself, as the AI models powering Lumo do not store conversations once interactions end. The service is available to paying Proton Unlimited, Business and Visionary subscribers,
In its August 2025 report, Cloudflare accused Perplexity AI of deliberately bypassing website protection systems and technical restrictions designed to prevent their content being harvested for AI training. The company identified suspicious activity across more than 32,000 websites in the space of three months. According to the report, Perplexity’
The Trump administration launched the CMS Digital Health Tech Ecosystem initiative on 31 July 2025, partnering with over 60 technology and healthcare companies to modernise American health data management. The project, backed by the White House and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), aims to build a patient-centred,
Meta's AI chatbot service recently raised serious privacy concerns after thousands of users discovered their supposedly private conversations appeared publicly in the app's Discover feed. The issue came to light in early June 2025, when users reported seeing their personal health questions, dating advice, and other
YouTube will begin using machine learning in the coming weeks to estimate the age of US users to automatically apply teen safety measures. The AI will analyse multiple signals, including search habits, categories of videos watched, and account longevity to determine age. The platform's test starting on 13
In July 2025, a serious privacy flaw was discovered in the Meta AI application that caused users' conversations to automatically become public due to default settings, making personal questions and answers visible to anyone, which most users were unprepared for. The root of the problem was the app'
