A Pew Research survey on How Americans View Data Privacy found Republican concerns up (77% from 63%), Democrats’ concerns down slightly (65% from 66%) compared with 2019 and both sides saying they’d support more legislation on how consumer data is used. The survey also looked at age, education and race and evolving views on AI.
It’s official in Germany, beginning May 2025, citizens who want official ID documents (and really, who doesn’t?), must submit a biometric standards-approved photo to obtain their ID. While in the past this was met with some resistance, government assurances are that this should lower risks of fraud and document use and provide added convenience.
Google has released its Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online, which outlines its principles for laws that can keep children safer using the Internet. And, while it cautions lawmakers to take care not to hurt corporations, it alludes to the value of legislative models of age-appropriate design principles and priorities stressed by child rights advocacy groups.
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.