Putting the Eye in Identity
Proving identity is essential to ensuring appropriate access, but requires the collection and storage of sensitive personal details. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks he's found the key to a world-wide identity system: your eyes. His company, World (formerly Worldcoin) aims to provide a global verification system using scans of people's irises as proof of identity and is proposing a solution for keeping this sensitive data safe.
Sam Altman’s eye-scanning ID project launches in U.S. with six locations
AI Shares User Conversations in Google Search
Artificial Intelligence can be a powerful tool for research, creativity, or advanced internet searches, but not all AIs are good at keeping your secrets. Recently, xAI made user conversations public, allowing them to be searchable with Google. Conversations ranged from innocuous to personal to even criminal. This is a real-world reminder that you should make sure you know what privacy and security guarantees an AI tool has. Remember that ITS provides U-M with a portfolio of AI tools that are available for students, faculty and staff. ITS AI services empower the university to maintain control over service security and user privacy. All data is encrypted and remains secure within the university’s domain.
Elon Musk’s xAI Published Hundreds Of Thousands Of Grok Chatbot Conversations