My Turn | AI-powered espionage and the repeal of privacy rights
An opinion piece argues that AI-powered surveillance is effectively dismantling privacy rights, framing the trend as a form of espionage enabled by artificial intelligence tools.
Why this matters: The concern here is real even if the piece is opinion. AI does not just make surveillance faster. It makes it cheaper and easier to run at scale, which means collection that once required serious resources now happens routinely. When that kind of power expands without matching legal limits, privacy rights do not disappear all at once. They just get quietly outpaced by the technology. That gap between what the law allows and what the tools can do is where people get hurt.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy · Privacy officers
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