OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
It’s not even really trying to hide it
TL;DR
- OpenAI is reportedly building devices for 24x7 monitoring.
- Data is likely uploaded to the cloud for AI analysis.
- The company refuses to opt out of US government surveillance of US citizens.
- This raises significant privacy concerns.
- The author strongly recommends not consenting to these services.
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.