Many of the most engaging and affordable ones are made in China and have AI built in. Remember, that country’s laws require companies to give the government access to their data through national security audits.
The country requires visitors to download two spyware apps, Ebteraz, a COVID tracker and Hayya, which permits fans access to sports stadiums and allows people to use metro transportation systems. Several EU nations advised travelers to use caution there, since it’s known data is shared with the government.
Like trouble, bad behavior by Meta shows up whether you look for it or not. The latest is an open-source language model that was supposed to provide reliable search results because it was trained on academic papers. Alas, it was quickly withdrawn after reviewers found that it returned results that were grammatical and plausible but also incorrect, not to mention filled with “antisemitism, homophobia, and misogyny.” How can this be a surprise?