In a new initiative, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is partnering with the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania to work to bolster and enforce privacy, data protection and cybersecurity. This will include ensuring enforcement of laws and collaborating on litigation where appropriate. The FCC is encouraging other states to join in.
A tip to US lawmakers indicated user data coming in regularly over Apple & Google servers is being provided to the US and unspecified foreign governments. The data is generated by app push notifications that alert users via audio “dings” when news or messages come in. Surveillance of that data can facilitate government surveillance of how users use specific apps. The companies have said, now that information has been revealed, they will reflect that transparency going forward. ??Why not before??
Canada’s regulator issues new principles document for development and use of generative AI. This is part of a larger initiative to look at data privacy, but the regulator said the focus on AI is crucial because this game-changing technology demands a collective approach.
Stick with me here: what if you didn’t have to write good generative AI prompts, but could instead write a prompt that would prompt you to write a better prompt? If your head hasn’t exploded yet, that seems to be the idea behind new auto-complete and rewrite features in Copilot AI for Microsoft 365. Of course, there’s a YouTube video showing how.