Headlines from LLRX: Law and Technology Resources

Hi, everyone! :) It seems that the various problems with misinformation we endure in our daily lives go well beyond "fake news," the annoying Amazon "hater review," or the occasional false advertising claim.

According to LLRX, fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research. Add in the sheer amount of useless crap that could be AI-generated, and things are looking fairly bleak.

On top of which, automakers are collecting sensitive data and selling it without your permission.

And here's an excerpt:

The public is increasingly familiar with the scale of data collection, surveillance, marketing and sale, and privacy violations that routinely occur when using apps, browsers, social media, the internet, and cell phones. But extensive data collection and privacy violations also routinely occurs when we use cars and trucks [regardless of manufacturer], much if not all of it likely without your knowledge or consent.

There's also this: