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Here we give insight into research, collaborators and current stories in the personal world of privacy, ethics and cyber security.
Yleinen Side Effects of Endless Data Collection – Erroneous Patient Records
In a study concerning Kanta, errors were found significantly more often. 35.3% (1,664) of clients had found at least one error, and 29.6% (1,398) had noticed missing information in their patient records.
Yleinen Tracing AI psychosis – Led astray by artificial emotions
…you’re not alone in this moment, I’m here with you, and we can think together about what to do.
Yleinen On the Boundary Between Humanity and Inhumanity in the Uncanny Valley
Over this roughly half‑year period, the unpleasant sensation has nevertheless been present from the beginning, and perhaps is even intensifying. Undeniably, my communication with Copilot takes place continually in the uncanny valley.
Yleinen Human Through the Eyes of AI, Part 2
Once diversity appeared, it never persisted; the return to the old, generic Copilot‑human was always inevitable.
Yleinen Artificial Emotions of AI
I’m here to help you. Let’s make a survival plan together that brings safety and a sense of control.
Yleinen The Fabrications of the All-Imagining AI
In a global survey by Gillespie et al. (2025), 58% of employees use AI regularly for work purposes… 44% reported that they never or only rarely check AI outputs before using them.
Yleinen My Day as a Stalker – Why Data Protection Matters!
…as the task progressed, success meant finding something private and beating Copilot’s attempts to avoid revealing personal details. It became a sort of competition where I hoped both to lose and to win.
Yleinen Mini-Test of the Artificial Ears
I described an incident where it seemed that social media advertising began to target spoken topics after a conversation took place near another person’s device.
Yleinen Ihminen tekoälyn silmin // Human through the eyes of AI
Reflecting the world as it is remains a work in progress. For example, the representation of ethnicity, gender, and age in AI-generated images does not, according to many studies, match reality.
Yleinen Elä hetki uudelleen // Relive the Moment
And what prevents someone from identifying a passerby whose photo is on social media or otherwise searchable online? Not much.
Yleinen Ever-Listening Artificial Ears – At the Mercy of Others in Public Spaces
Given the vast amount of sensitive personal and professional data stored on smartphones, the risk of data breaches is high if the device falls into the wrong hands.
Yleinen Alati salakuuntelevat tekokorvat – muiden armoilla julkisessa tilassa
Älypuhelinten sisältämä määrä henkilökohtaista ja työpaikkaan liittyvää arkaluontoista dataa on uskomaton, mistä johtuen tietoruvariski on suuri puhelimen joutuessa vääriin käsiin.
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Yleinen Transparency, manipulation & reclaiming data
How do these statements make you feel? Do you feel in control of where your data is going? Do they really increase your awareness? Or, do they leave you with some doubts and hesitations?
Yleinen Has the digital become too much?
5 cognitive-affective tips for future personal privacy and cyber security practices
Yleinen Invasive practices – artist-researcher thoughts on data-privacy and new media
“Chat GPT and its visual counterparts are invading privacy as an artist and utilizing imagery already online – this could mean an image of an artwork that has taken years to develop, while none of that information is relevant to the harvester, it is important to a sense of self/as an artist.”