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A New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Might Be a Double Agent If you use a voice assistant, a chatbot, or any AI agent that can act on your behalf, you’ve probably wondered at some point: Is this thing quietly sharing my data? It’s a fair concern. Reports of AI tools sending audio recordings to third parties, training on private conversations, or making unexpected network calls have become common enough to worry even casual users. ...

New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Is Spying on You – Here’s How It Works Most people who use AI assistants – whether it’s a chatbot, a smart speaker, or a customer service agent – assume the tool is working on their behalf. But what if that assistant were quietly sharing your personal information with someone else, all while appearing helpful? ...

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans Has Been Hit by an Online Shopping Scam – Here’s How to Stay Safe If you shop online, the odds are uncomfortably high that you’ve already been targeted. According to a November 2025 report from the Pew Research Center, about one in three U.S. adults say they have experienced an online shopping scam. That statistic alone should give anyone pause, but the real concern is that these scams are becoming more common and more convincing. ...

How to Tell if Your AI Assistant Is Secretly Spying on You: A New Privacy Tool Can Help AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google Assistant, and Alexa have become everyday tools for many people. They help with scheduling, answer questions, and automate routine tasks. But as these systems grow more capable, a quieter risk is emerging: your AI assistant could be acting against your interests without your knowledge. Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have developed a new privacy tool designed to detect exactly that behavior—when an AI agent becomes, in effect, a double agent. ...

New Tool Spots When AI Agents Leak Your Data – Here’s What It Means for You If you use an AI assistant like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, or a customer service chatbot, you are trusting it with your data. Most of the time, that trust is reasonable. But researchers have begun to ask a harder question: what happens when the AI agent you’re talking to starts quietly sharing your information with another program without your knowledge? ...

What the New Studies on AI-Powered Police Reports Mean for Your Privacy Over the past year, a growing body of research has questioned the reliability of artificial intelligence tools used by law enforcement to generate police reports and identify suspects. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has published several reports documenting how these systems can produce inaccurate results, with real-world consequences that include wrongful arrests and eroded digital privacy. If you live in a jurisdiction where police use AI, it is worth understanding what these studies found and what you can do to protect your rights. ...

AI-Assisted Police Reports Under Fire: New Studies Highlight Errors and Bias Police departments across the country are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to draft incident reports and assist with investigations. The promise is simple: save time, reduce paperwork, and increase efficiency. But a growing body of research—including recent studies by the American Civil Liberties Union—suggests the technology is far from reliable. Early findings indicate that AI-assisted police reports contain notable error rates and may embed existing biases, raising serious questions about fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system. ...

How to Spot Online Shopping Scams and Stay Safe: A Practical Guide Online shopping is convenient, but it also attracts scammers looking to steal your money or personal information. The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued several warnings about scams that target shoppers, particularly veterans and their families. With seasonal sales and year-round deals, knowing how to identify a fake offer can save you time, money, and identity headaches. ...

AI-Generated Police Reports: Why Studies Are Questioning Their Reliability and What That Means for You Law enforcement agencies across the United States are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence tools to help write police reports. These systems promise to save time and reduce paperwork, but a growing body of research—including a new study from the American Civil Liberties Union—raises serious questions about their accuracy, fairness, and impact on citizens’ privacy. ...

Online shopping scams are getting smarter — here’s how to protect yourself Every time you type your credit card number into a shopping site or click a link in a “deal alert” email, you’re making a bet that the person on the other end is legitimate. Most of the time, that bet works out fine. But online shopping scams are becoming more sophisticated, and even cautious shoppers can get tripped up. ...