A former U.S. chief data scientist praised diverse hiring within the artificial intelligence (AI) industry and warned students of data privacy threats at a Georgetown University event Nov. 4. A former ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about cross-sector social impact and issues-led social change. Feb 28, 2025, 09:14am EST In the wake of the seismic ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner pledged to crack down on black and grey industries that illegally obtain, sell or provide data, according to regulations published on Wednesday intended to ...

The study also highlights that 30% of AI chatbot applications share user data with third parties. This data is often shared for purposes such as targeted advertising or sale to data brokers.

Genetic testing company 23andMe quietly filed for bankruptcy over the weekend, and now security experts are worried about the fate of its highly sensitive genetic data, which could be weaponized by ...

The 2024 FinWise data breach serves as a stark example of the growing insider threats faced by modern financial institutions. Unlike typical cyberattacks originating from external hackers, this ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) faced legal challenges after accessing sensitive data from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The AFL-CIO, a major labor union, filed a ...

The openSNP project, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down on April 30, 2025, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and the risk of misuse by authoritarian ...