The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been drafting an AI ethics and governance guide that skews far more business-friendly than the EU had hoped, according to an exclusive report from Reuters, which gained access to confidential draft of the guidance. The draft, which is currently being circulated to tech companies for feedback, by the 10-member ASEAN group of countries, is expected to release this winter.
For three years, Apple claimed it was protecting the unique MAC Wi-Fi addresses of iPhones and iPads when those joined a network, but it’s just been revealed that this feature doesn’t actually work. In fact, while this unique address was supposed to have been hidden and replaced with a private one, Apple devices have continued to display the real one. This means individuals can be tracked from network to network because the permanent MAC still broadcasted to all other connected devices, but just in a different field.
Clearly something’s wrong when patients are apprehensive about sharing their data with their healthcare providers. However, according to the Prescribing Privacy Healthcare Report, new from consent management company, Cassie, 72% of US consumers are concerned about potential misuse, and 50% of the 800 consumers surveyed say they trust tech companies more than medical providers to care for their data.
CX management platform Sprinklr is introducing “digital twins.” Not your average chatbot, a Sprinklr digital twin is more like an AI-powered employee, able to plan actions, create workflows and make decisions, but at speed and at scale. They are said to be more easily trained than chatbots and can operate within brand policies and guardrails.