OpenAI has been hit with a privacy complaint in Austria by an advocacy group called NOYB, which stands for None Of Your Business. The complaint alleges that the company's ChatGPT bot repeatedly provided incorrect information about a real individual (who for privacy reasons is not named in the complaint), as reported by Reuters. This may breach EU privacy rules. The chatbot allegedly spat out incorrect birthdate information for the individual, instead of just saying it didn't know the answer to the query. Like politicians, AI chatbots like to confidently make stuff up and hope we don't notice.

China's cyberspace regulator said it has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country, following concerns raised in public about the overuse of the technology. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Tuesday that facial recognition technology can only be used to process facial information when there is a specific purpose and sufficient necessity as well as with strict protective measures. The use of the technology will also require an individual's consent, the CAC said in a statement. It added that non-biometric identification solutions should be favoured over facial recognition in cases where such methods are equally effective. Biometric identification, especially facial recognition, has become widespread in China.

Privacy watchdogs in Europe are considering a complaint against Apple made by a former employee, Ashley Gjøvik, who alleges the company fired her after she raised a number of concerns, internally and publicly, including over the safety of the workplace. Gjøvik, a former senior engineering program manager at Apple, was fired from the company last September after she had also raised concerns about her employer's approach towards staff privacy, some of which were covered by the Verge in a report in August 2021. At the time, Gjøvik had been placed on administrative leave by Apple after raising concerns about sexism in the workplace, and a hostile and unsafe working environment which it had said it was investigating. She subsequently filed complaints against Apple with the US National Labor Relations Board. Those earlier complaints link to the privacy complaint she's sent to international oversight bodies now because Gjøvik says she wants scrutiny of Apple's privacy practices after it formally told the US government its reasons for firing her -- and "felt comfortable admitting they'd fire employees for protesting invasions of privacy", as she puts it -- accusing Apple of using her concerns over its approach to staff privacy as a pretext to terminate her for reporting wider safety concerns and organizing with other employees about labor concerns. A spokesperson for the ICO told TechCrunch: "We are aware of this matter and we will assess the information provided."

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on 1 billion people as it backs away from the technology. Critics had called it a danger to personal privacy. Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on 1 billion people as it backs away from the technology. Critics had called it a danger to personal privacy. Providence, R.I. -- Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.