Switzerland rejected Palantir after a technical review found data leakage cannot be reliably prevented—an architectural, not legal, flaw. The concern isn’t analytics power, but loss of control over data flows, updates, access, and revocation. Germany faces a contradiction: promoting digital sovereignty while using Palantir in several federal states. Bavaria’s Palantir-based VeRA system triggered legal challenges, […]
Europe’s EUDI Wallet can technically replace passwords today with cryptographic, verifiable, privacy-preserving login. Passwords persist only because institutions keep them as legacy fallback options. Public-sector mandates for wallet-based login will spark mass adoption and force IAM vendors to follow. Enterprises and AI-agents will accelerate the shift, as both require verifiable credentials and cannot rely on […]
One in five top public concerns in the U.S. now involves information manipulation. About 70% of Americans see misinformation/disinformation as major problems, back to 2021 levels. Two-thirds support combating disinformation via education, social media labels, and tougher laws 8 in 10 want schools to teach media literacy and critical evaluation skills. Disinformation ranks alongside illegal […]
Simple prompt injections can trick LLM agents into exposing sensitive personal data. Even with safeguards, attackers extract details like balances, transactions, or identifiers. Such attacks succeed in ~20% of cases and degrade agent performance by 15–50%. Defensive measures exist but remain incomplete, leaving users exposed. Bottom line: data sovereignty requires stronger guardrails. Trusting LLMs “as […]
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court confirmed that DerStandard’s “Pay or Okay” model breaches the GDPR. Users had to either accept tracking by hundreds of third parties or pay a subscription. Authorities ruled that this coercive model invalidates consent, which must be free and specific. Real consent rates drop to 1–7% when asked transparently, but the […]
Researchers found millions of passports, credit cards, résumés, and faces in DataComp CommonPool, a massive AI training dataset scraped from the web. Auditing just 0.1% revealed hundreds of millions of likely PII (personally identifiable information) items, including sensitive job and health details. Despite face-blurring tools, researchers estimate 102 million faces were missed, and metadata/captions still […]
Gartner predicts over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027 due to cost, unclear ROI, and security gaps. But that’s not failure, it’s how innovation works. Like past tech trends, the hype cycle gives way to reality, then lasting value. Proof-of-concepts are meant to fail fast and filter out weak ideas. True […]
Trust Gap: 54% of people remain skeptical of AI, especially in advanced economies, despite recognizing its technical capabilities. Digital Divide: Emerging economies lead in AI use, knowledge, and training—outpacing advanced ones across the board. Balancing Act: Public opinion is split—AI brings efficiency and innovation but also fears around privacy, misinformation, and job loss. Call for […]
Wiz Research uncovered a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup. The database exposed over a million sensitive log entries, including chat history, API keys, and backend details. The database was entirely open, allowing full control without authentication. This posed severe security risks, making it vulnerable to unauthorized access and potential […]
Italy’s Privacy Guarantor has requested information from DeepSeek AI providers in China about their data collection practices. Authorities are concerned about potential risks to the personal data of millions of Italians. Key inquiries include data sources, the legal basis for collection, storage locations, and the use of web scraping. Regulators want to understand how DeepSeek […]