Artificial Intelligence - Real Concerns: Privacy and Data Security Issues with AI and Blockchain Technology

Self-driving cars, hours of work cut into seconds, efficient employee hiring and reliable banking and medical records - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain (the technology behind Bitcoin) are regularly touted as the holy grail of tech innovation and the stuff that dreams are made of. But behind the silver lining there may be some clouds. Trusting our information and decision making to third parties and their algorithms creates significant risk to the privacy and security of our information and private lives.

Odia Kagan, a privacy and data security attorney, will discuss the new technologies, the privacy and data security issues they pose, and some practical ways to address them at the design and planning stage.