American Senator Sanders learned from Claude about the trading of user data.
American Senator Bernie Sanders interviewed the popular AI model Claude, which told him about the unregulated trading of user data used by businesses for their own purposes. The conversation between the former U.S. presidential candidate and the chatbot was summarized by TheTechPencil.
In response to a question about what threatens democracy, Claude informed Sanders about the manipulations in which "for the sake of money" data is collected on users' browsing history, location, purchasing behavior, and session duration. Based on all this, artificial intelligence (AI), in most cases without obtaining people's consent, creates profiles that are sold to advertisers or political campaign organizers.
"Lobbying, profiling, micro-targeting, the collapse of informed consent," are the issues listed in the article that the AI interlocutor of the senator acknowledged, agreeing that given the rapid development of the industry, achieving regulation in this area will be extremely difficult.
Earlier, Sanders, who advocates for a moratorium on the creation of new data centers, warned that restoring manufacturing in the U.S. will not benefit people if their jobs are taken over by AI, noting that Elon Musk and other tech billionaires invest in artificial intelligence but do not care about the needs of the working class.
Also, in February, it became known about Zoe Hitzig, who resigned from OpenAI on the day advertising testing in ChatGPT began, where personalization for users was launched by default. According to the specialist, the array of medical information, as well as data about personal problems, tastes, and beliefs of users, formed "because people believe they are talking to something devoid of hidden motives," ultimately ends up in the hands of marketers.
