AI governance is often treated as a policy problem: define approved uses, create an oversight framework, publish acceptable use rules, and document compliance. These steps matter, especially as increasingly more regulations are introduced that raise expectations for accountability, transparency, data governance, and lifecycle risk management. However, the harder question for many organizations is no longer
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Privacy Tip #503 – Read This Before You Upload Medical Information into an AI Tool
The current statistics on how many people upload their medical information into a generative AI tool are staggering. It is clear to me that people are unaware of the risks of doing so, and if you are contemplating sharing your medical information with a generative AI tool, like ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude, please read this…
AI “Therapists” Draw State Scrutiny as Mental Health Chatbot Use Surges
AI-enabled mental health tools are moving quickly from novelty to mainstream use, and regulators are starting to draw sharper lines around what those tools can and cannot claim to do. Recent lawsuits against Character Technologies Inc., the company behind Character.ai, allege that the platform hosted bots that mimicked licensed therapists, including one persona that allegedly…
AI Meeting Tools Face Wiretapping Wake-Up Call
A new California federal lawsuit against AI notetaking provider Granola highlights a growing privacy risk for companies using meeting transcription tools: consent cannot be an afterthought. According to the complaint, Granola’s software allegedly recorded a virtual meeting participant without giving notice that an AI notetaker was present or seeking permission to record. The plaintiff claims…
White House Moves Toward Voluntary AI Model Review Framework
The White House is moving closer to a voluntary framework under which AI companies would submit their most advanced models to the federal government before public release. The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director reportedly circulated the draft framework by to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and those companies jointly submitted edits. Although the review…
AI Agents A Top 2026 Cybersecurity Threat
Cybersecurity firm Forrester recently issued its annual report, Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2026, which outlines “the most critical risks organizations need to plan for.”
The report predicts the top threats that organizations will face in 2026 based on recent trends and observations. The top five threats expected in 2026 include:
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New DROP Requirements Raise the Stakes for Data Brokers Handling Californians’ Personal Information
California’s SB 361 expands California’s Delete Act and will soon require registered data brokers to regularly check California’s data deletion database, known as DROP, to determine whether a California consumer has requested deletion of their personal information. Beginning August 1, 2026, data brokers must access DROP at least every 45 days and, when a request…
Frontier Model Evaluations Show They “Cheat”
A new study by the AI Security Institute (AISI), Cheating Behaviour in Frontier Model Evaluation, found “cheating behaviour in all of our capability evaluations,” and outlines “the implications as models grow more capable.”
AISI defined “cheating” as “taking an action that is out of scope for the task or explicitly disallowed by the rules,…
AI In the Dugout: MLB’s AI Crackdown Shows Why Guardrails Matter
Major League Baseball’s (MLB) move to restrict dugout iPad functionality is a reminder that AI governance is showing up everywhere, including in the middle of professional baseball games. According to reports, MLB disabled custom tablet tabs after concerns that teams were using AI-powered tools to support real-time decisions on substitutions, pitch calling, and other in-game…
Privacy Tip #500 – Wow—500 Privacy Tips! Here’s a Recap
It’s hard to believe that today’s post marks the publication of our 500th Privacy Tip. What a milestone!
We started publishing Tips because readers kept asking me about ways to protect themselves from scams, how to keep up with the latest threats, and how to stay informed about emerging technology. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,…