OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
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Just over two years ago something terrifying snapped into place:
I tried repeatedly to warn people:
And I pointed out the irony inherent in the name:
And now here we are. They are reportedly building devices for 24x7 monitoring, no doubt uploading everything you say to the cloud for AI analysis; they refused (via mealy mouth legalese) to opt out of doing surveillance for the US government of US citizens and we have stuff like this:
This certainly raises privacy concerns.
As @hedgiemarkets put it on X:
I STRONGLY recommend you not consent. I certainly won’t.
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