#privacy

A new desktop agent backed by Ng's fund learns user workflows and automates repetitive office tasks with minimal prompting.

At I/O 2026, Google unveiled AI features tied to Gmail, Calendar, Photos, and third-party apps—requiring users to share personal data across Google's services and beyond.

iOS 27's new Siri will let users auto-delete conversation histories as Apple bets privacy can differentiate its AI assistant from competitors.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces Incognito Chat for Meta AI, claiming end-to-end encryption means not even Meta can read user conversations.

Google Chrome silently installs a 4GB Gemini Nano model file on users' devices, with storage requirements buried far from where users enable the features.

Disney has deployed facial recognition at its California theme parks, framing it as opt-in while acknowledging visitors may be imaged regardless.

An Arizona civil suit alleges three Phoenix men built a dual-revenue scheme: selling AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery and subscription courses teaching others to replicate it.

A developer-showcased tool called OmniForge aims to bring document intelligence and audio capture together under a single local LLM stack.

SimplePDF's browser-based demo fills PDF forms using AI tool calling entirely client-side, keeping sensitive data like W-9 tax details off external servers.