The kerfuffle shows the lack of meaningful data protections at a time when the generative AI boom has made the tech industry even more hungry for data.
And all manner of companies are currently looking to use the data they own, or that is generated by their customers and users, to build generative artificial intelligence tools.
The US lacks a federal privacy law, leaving consumers more exposed to the pangs of ChatGPT-inspired data hunger than people in the EU.
But for now, public pushback like that in response to Zoom’s moves is the most effective way to curb companies’ data appetites, according to Dr. Barlow.
He adds that this is the business model — to collect data and build products around that data, or sell that data to data brokers.
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