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'
Italy's data protection authority (Garante) has imposed a €5 million fine on Luka Inc., the developer of the Replika chatbot, for processing user data without a proper legal basis, providing inadequate privacy notices, and failing to implement effective age verification systems until February 2023. The Garante temporarily blocked
The UK Parliament passed the Data (Use and Access) Act on June 11, 2025, which received Royal Assent on June 19, introducing significant modifications to the United Kingdom's data protection framework. The Act contains comprehensive reforms to the current UK General Data Protection Regulation and Privacy and Electronic
The advancement of quantum computers is bringing us closer to so-called Q-Day—the moment when a quantum device becomes capable of cracking currently used encryption systems, endangering emails, text messages, bitcoin wallets, police records, hospital databases, power plants, and the entire global financial system. According to the Global Risk Institute&
Italy and Hungary have missed the EU AI Act's 2 November 2024 deadline to designate authorities responsible for ensuring fundamental rights compliance in AI tool deployment, according to data provided by the European Commission. The number of appointed authorities varies across member states, reflecting national law implementation and
European privacy advocacy group NOYB warned Meta on May 14, 2025, after the company announced it would use user data to train its AI models starting May 27. The letter, signed by Max Schrems, emphasises that Meta's claim of "legitimate interest" violates GDPR as it collects
In January 2025, Perplexity announced the integration of the DeepSeek R1 model into its platform, potentially bringing revolutionary change to AI-based searches. The Chinese-developed model, which runs exclusively on American and European servers, is not only more cost-effective than its competitors but also outperforms them in terms of performance whilst
According to a recent report by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), Facebook and YouTube's moderation practices significantly impact Hungarian users' content. Automatic content filtering performed by algorithms is often opaque, and in many cases, it is unclear to users what rules form the basis for
The OECD report released on February 6, 2025, points to the urgent shortage of quality data facing AI developers, a problem for which the OECD's recommendation on data access and sharing offers a solution. The document highlights that improving data sharing and access could represent an economic advantage
