Let’s explore a new AI security risk: model inversion attacks. What is it? It’s a type of AI attack during which an attacker tries to infer personal information about a data subject by exploiting the outputs of a machine learning [...]
Welcome to our monthly POPIA Horoscope! 🔮 This post offers you POPIA tips couched in wily wit. Simply navigate to your star sign and read our analysis. You can also use your organisation’s incorporation date to [...]
In Safi v Gascoigne, Safi sued Gascoigne Randon and Associates, a conveyancing firm, for a loss of R889,308.50 from a business email compromise (BEC). Who should care about this judgment and why? The public because they need to be aware [...]
Data protection is an often-overlooked competitive advantage that political parties aren’t considering. It can: enhance your reputation, increase trust with your members, supporters, and donors, and improve your ability to target and engage with voters. This post shows how to [...]
Today, Google unveiled its rival to ChatGPT: “Bard”. The news follows the public’s rapid embrace of ChatGPT, a competing chatbot from OpenAI. Introducing Bard In a blog post, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said his company is opening a conversational AI service [...]
The internet’s flooded with articles, webinars and value propositions from lawyers offering to guide you on the legal issues of AI, like ChatGPT. The sheer volume of information makes it exceedingly difficult to evaluate whom to rely on in lawfully [...]
Data portability refers to the ability to move data from one platform or service provider to another. The GDPR, in Article 20, gives all data subjects the right to data portability. This right is echoed in POPIA and PAIA [...]
A clever client recently asked me to draft an AI disclosure clause for her organisation’s vendor agreements. Her reasoning: with the prevalence of AI technologies like ChatGPT, she wants to know if vendors use AI in producing deliverables. Ultimately, she [...]
Dear information officers, happy 2023! We know you have a lot on your plate with POPIA and PAIA. But don’t worry—we have your back. Here are 5 doable resolutions to help you stay on top of your game this year. [...]
I’ve recently worked on fascinating projects with businesses and research institutes that specialise in quantum computing. Reinventing the computer For those who don’t know, quantum computing is reinventing how we do computing. Its abilities give it the potential to [...]
Recently, you would have heard about ChatGPT. It’s an AI bot trained by OpenAI and capable of generating text in a conversational style. While you can use the technology for various reasons and in alarmingly disruptive ways, it also presents [...]
