Privacy in the Age of AI: What Tech Experts Are Buying to Protect Their Data

Privacy in the Age of AI: What Tech Experts Are Buying to Protect Their Data As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in more products—smartphones, search engines, photo editors, even toasters—the line between convenience and surveillance keeps blurring. A recent article in VICE titled “AI Is Getting Creepy—Here’s What Tech Experts Are Buying to Stay Private” taps into a growing unease: the tools we rely on are also the ones collecting massive amounts of personal data. Whether it’s your email provider scanning messages to train its chatbots or your photo app using facial recognition on uploaded images, the average user has less control than they might think. ...

April 29, 2026 · 5 min · BriefArc Desk