OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Causal claim
“⚠️ Microsoft and OpenAI have only one play to make GenAI profitable, and this is it: all out 24x7 surveillance.”
Our reading: Microsoft and OpenAI's only way to make generative AI profitable is around-the-clock surveillance of users.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Public financial disclosures do not provide the required matched profit and data-practice measurements.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“If, as seems plausible, OpenAI transforms into a surveillance company it will be the ultimate irony.”
Our reading: It is plausible that OpenAI will turn into a surveillance company.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“This certainly raises privacy concerns.”
Our reading: ChatGPT's new Apple Messages plugin certainly raises privacy concerns.
No horizon
Qualifier: certainly
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: OpenAI used evasive legal language to avoid ruling out surveillance of US citizens for the US government.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: OpenAI is reportedly building devices for 24x7 monitoring, and Marcus asserts, in his own voice and with 'no doubt', that these devices upload everything users say to the cloud for AI analysis.