Corporate watchdog ASIC plans AI trials to spot misleading advertising

Corporate watchdog ASIC plans AI trials to spot misleading advertising

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced plans to use artificial intelligence technology to detect misleading online advertising. The corporate regulation body plans to invest $6m in a trial experiment in a bid to identify ways to automate the detection of misleading internet advertising, according to a report by The Australian Financial Review. ASIC […]

Location Tracking and the Trouble With ‘Opting In’

Location Tracking and the Trouble With ‘Opting In’

Anyone who’s opened a new app lately has seen a location- tracking pop-up that reads something like, “Allow app to access this device’s location?” Most people tap “Allow” on the assumption that it’s necessary for the app to do its thing—to hail a ride, find nearby restaurants or forecast the weather. And then they forget […]