What is biometric data ? How to protect your privacy

Kate Menzies — 2026-02-09T16:20:36Z

If you log into your phone or computer using Face ID or your fingerprint, you're using biometric data to authenticate your identity. It's an easy and secure login method because it only requires something you are, not something you remember. Biometric data is made up of your specific physical characteristics, such as your face, your voice, or your fingerprints, which can feel safer.
Logging into an app stores your biometric data locally on your device using the operating system, making it (…)

- Newsfeed

The real AI alignment problem

Kate Menzies — 2026-01-28T15:12:03Z

The AI “alignment problem” posits that as AI systems become more intelligent, it will become more difficult to align their goals with those of their developers. An AI system could, in theory, “go rogue”, devising undesirable and unpredictable strategies to achieve an objective.
The paperclip maximizer is a thought experiment that explores this concept : If a superintelligent AI was tasked with the single purpose of creating paperclips, it might commandeer the world's resources to (…)

- Newsfeed