#TheWeekinData: Miracle Man
*Papal encyclical
*Decisive action on social media
*Ozzy rebooted
Pope Leo has used the first major teaching of his papacy to warn that AI needs to be “disarmed”. While papal encyclicals are technically letters to Catholic bishops, they have been used in recent decades as messages to the world. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/miracle-man

#TheWeekinData: Spike in the data
*New era of search
*Data breach compensation
*Hedgehogs
Google unveiled its new AI-powered search at its Google I/O conference this week, which the company described as the biggest change to how people enter the web since it launched its search box 27 years ago. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/spike-in-the-data

#TheWeekinData: Vote aardvark
*Palatir data access
*Canvas cyberattack
*Gnome alone
Palantir has been given unlimited access to identifiable patient data by NHS England while working on the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT). The measure was outlined in an internal briefing note from April, seen by the FT. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/vote-aardvark

#TheWeekinData: Dog day afternoon
*Chatbots can give misleading election advice
*Apple pays out
*I thought it was three minutes
As millions of people in the UK headed to the polls this week - mostly accompanied by dogs from what I could see - many have turned to AI chatbots for advice. But an investigation by the BBC has found that they could have given voters misleading information. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/dog-day-afternoon

#TheWeekinData: Gene genie
*UKBiobank latest
*Claude wipes database
*Solid Symposium 2027
There have been more listings of confidential health records this week belonging to UK Biobank volunteers. The records appeared on the Chinese online marketplace Alibaba following previous listings last week, with UK government officials bracing themselves for more leaks. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/gene-genie

#TheWeekinData: Mouse trap
*Meta keyboard tracking
*Councils see rise in reported data breaches
*Farewell DoxBox, our hot-pink friend
News emerged this week that Meta is to start using tracking software to gather data on mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes of US employees. The company sent a memo to staff informing them of the move, which they say is ostensibly to train AI models and help build agents that can perform work tasks autonomously. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/mouse-trap

#TheWeekinData: Sun-kissed breaches
*Data breach on booking site
*Data centre block
*Sub-optimal recovery
Travel giant Booking dot com revealed this week it had suffered a data breach at the hands of “unauthorised parties” who gained access to customers’ information. The company emailed affected customers to tell them that hackers may have accessed “certain booking information” associated with previous reservations. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/sun-kissed-breaches

#TheWeekinData: Appy Meal?
*Data chief doubles down
*The Stargate closes
*Crowded house
The data chief of NHS England this week pledged to ignore the hullabaloo about Palantir as she set out plans to embed the firm’s technology deeper into hospitals. She has told colleagues the Federated Data Platform (FDP) is delivering “outstanding results”, speeding up surgery and helping patients get home quicker, and promised to achieve “maximum product penetration”. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/appy-meal

#TheWeekinData: Eggsistential crisis
*Data reveals knock-on effects of Iran war
*Data centres causing ‘heat islands’
*Easter eggs
As the war in Iran approaches its sixth week, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is being increasingly felt in the AI sector, choking the global supply of helium. The gas is used in computer chip production, as its heat-conducting properties help maintain a stable temperature in the manufacturing process. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/eggsistential-crisis

#TheWeekinData: Ctrl+Alt+Defeat
*Meta and YouTube found liable
*UK poverty data
*Join the Solid Hackathon
A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to them being harmed. The trial lasted six weeks, jury deliberations lasted nine days, and in the end, the plaintiff was awarded $6 million in damages as both companies were found to have provided inadequate warnings. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/ctrlaltdefeat