Are we worried yet or still cool with building infinite numbers of data centers?

I'm not sure who's aware but apparently the smart folks are spending big bucks for "guardian" apps for phones and computers that protect you from AI going rogue and deleting emails or files without permission, or stealing and selling your data including passwords, contacts, family history of illness, phone numbers and addresses. I just signed myself up for one. Some are very expensive. Obviously they have all this information because it's in your emails.

AI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.

It seems like some simple legislation is needed to shut these things down until the tech companies can prove to the public that they aren't harmful or dangerous.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

@wildgrass said

AI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.

AI models seem quite naturally to come to resemble their masters.

@Soothfast said
AI models seem quite naturally to come to resemble their masters.

Are you worried? Did you invest in any of the tools to protect your data from AI theft?

I was just in my Google Calendar and saw there's an AI scraper in there to "summarize" my week for me. Thanks but no thanks. It's no secret that all that data is sold to third parties by these companies (this is how they make a profit) and I don't really want my health insurance company knowing if I'm going heli skiing this winter.