04/18/2024
Was reading through some old emails and came across an NPR article with this quote:
"China's appetite for America's private data has been one of the biggest open secrets of modern intelligence. Intelligence officials estimate that China has now stolen all the personal identifiable information of about 80% of Americans, and it has a good start on collecting information on the remaining 20%. And while the individual breaches and numbers are worrying, the real issue is how all this information can be woven together to build on itself."
Given the current fascination with AI (and its need for lots of data), what is your response to this quote?
For reference, the full NPR article --
China broke into tens of thousands of email accounts in January. Now officials fear the breach wasn't just about spying. It was to build the next generation of artificial intelligence.