Data Privacy Concerns About AI And Some Solutions

With the expansion of Al, there are some serious security concerns raised by experts. An exploration into its dynamics and possible outlets

- DR ARCHANA VERMA, SWAMINATHAN B

As AI continues to expand, especially in the MSME segments, where users don’t have the resources to counter threats effectively, concerns about privacy and data protection are being raised with louder voices.

Some important aspects of concern are – Sensitive Data Breach

AI needs large amount of data to train itself and make decisions. This large amount of data may contain sensitive information, such as financial records and biometrics. A breach into this big database can lead to serious consequences. A well-known case is of some employees of a large Korean company feeding sensitive company data in ChatGPT, which may have become part of ChatGPT database by now.

Bias in Data

Biases in data or in its interpretation may also lead to encroachment on civil liberties by making decisions which lead to discrimination.

Surveillance

AI can track and impose surveillance on individuals by tools such as face recognition and location tracking. This information can be misused by cybercriminals to attack individuals.

Misuse by Criminals of AI Modelling

Voices heard over phone or faces read by AI can be modelled by criminals to impersonate an individual and use their face or voice to attack people known or related to them.

Tech Leaders Speak

In the above context, some IT industry lraders shared their views to us and suggested some possible solutions.