Tech companies want to improve Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. Can they do it without listening to what we say around our devices? https://t.co/uziz3iGoLg

— Slate (@Slate) August 14, 2019

I wrote about trading convenience for autonomy https://t.co/4aAZcSdOGi

— april glaser (@aprilaser) August 14, 2019

NEW: Leaked documents from a Microsoft contractor show that the humans who listen to & transcribe your conversations have horrible, terrible, underpaid jobs https://t.co/aGwBAlerBn pic.twitter.com/Mr70Bk7x6m

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) August 14, 2019

New: after we found Microsoft is hiring contractors to listen to some Skype calls, the company has updated its privacy policy and other pages to explicitly say humans/employees may listen to audio. Wasn't clear before. Original piece based on leaked docs https://t.co/1NB7EF67Mp pic.twitter.com/V3SOO9zd1W

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) August 14, 2019

Facebook said the audio messages it was transcribing were from users who opted-in for transcription. But FB didn't disclose anywhere that humans would listen to your message because...??‍♂️

Another good one from @sarahfrier https://t.co/JGFCfAlU1i

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) August 15, 2019

Facebook says it's paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze. https://t.co/ASbnP5uaax via @InfoSecHotSpot pic.twitter.com/Py35d0RBoP

— Sean Harris (@InfoSecHotSpot) August 15, 2019

we know so little about the tech tools in our homes that even basic information is jarring. the message, which big tech won’t say outright, is that ignorance is consent: https://t.co/49Xi7lzJeH

— sf (@sidneyfussell) August 15, 2019

People Are Starting to Realize How Voice Assistants Actually Work https://t.co/OJkojyTbbE

— Hiten Shah (@hnshah) August 15, 2019

Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.?#artificialintelligence #AI #MachineLearning #ML #DL #BigData Cc @ronald_vanloon @kirkdborne @spirosmargaris @jblefevre60 @thomaspower @montreal_ai @DeepLearn007https://t.co/3FvIBGYtK0

— John C. Maxwell III (@maxjcm) August 15, 2019

Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.?https://t.co/5gi2zadxw0 #News #Bibleprophecy #Truth #Knowledge #Wisdom #Economist #Endtimes #Revelation

— Clinton Kowach (@clintonkowach) August 15, 2019

Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their #AI? https://t.co/1NNlEOjKVx via @slate #privacy pic.twitter.com/E4UbwteOD6

— Tamara McCleary (@TamaraMcCleary) August 15, 2019

Microsoft tweaks privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio – TechCrunch https://t.co/8JwVACDfGv #microsoft #cortana #skype #privacy #listening #technology @techcrunch #CyberSecurity #infosec

— Bob Carver (@cybersecboardrm) August 15, 2019

.#Microsoft and #Skype join the privacy conversation. Companies should be 100% transparent about the ways people's conversations are recorded and how they will be used. #privacy https://t.co/Z3WcWAhDvD

— Steven Waterhouse(7) (@deseventral) August 15, 2019

Microsoft tweaks privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio https://t.co/UK2vzFXAR7 #Microsoft

— Laurent MILTGEN (@kubernan) August 15, 2019

This is further proof that consumers’ expectations of how their data is collected and used differ radically from what companies like Facebook are actually doing.https://t.co/jraEA0zqfd

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) August 16, 2019

Facebook Listening to Users Isn’t Just a Privacy Scandal - The Atlantic https://t.co/dYvBxY52dH

— Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. (@AnnCavoukian) August 16, 2019

The goal is wrap-around data extraction. Internet-of-things converts products into continuous trackers and digital assistants track us even when we don't feel we're using a product! #datacolonialism https://t.co/wV0DVQcb9h

— NICK COULDRY (@couldrynick) August 16, 2019

"this isn’t so much a series of 'scandals' surrounding human review as the results of a user base becoming minimally aware of how voice-assistant technology actually works." https://t.co/RCF7SxpHMA

— Ulrike E Franke (@RikeFranke) August 16, 2019

Facebook Listening to Users Isn’t Just a Privacy Scandal - The Atlantic https://t.co/hfLcSDytl7

— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) August 16, 2019

Do #Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations

to Improve Their #AI? https://t.co/Z8WMQVdcyv #fintech #insurtech #privacy #BigData #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning @aprilaser @slate @psb_dc @Ronald_vanLoon @pierrepinna @KMcDSAP
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— Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris) August 16, 2019

Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.? https://t.co/4v2a0phEje #AI

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 15, 2019

Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their AI?. #deeplearning #aiethics #aiandthelaw https://t.co/h5kGOlkSAB

— Nordic AI Artificial Intelligence Institute (@nordicinst) August 15, 2019

Do journalists and mainstream media think we have a fully functional #AGI?

Did I miss that news????

“Multiple tech giants’ use of human workers to review users’ audio across a number of products involving #AI has grabbed headlines in recent weeks.”https://t.co/wQWwz9zhFO

— Marco Ciappelli (@MarcoCiappelli) August 16, 2019

Since you know we're listening... https://t.co/JybNEAR7Rz

— cliff ping (@cliffping) August 15, 2019