AI could accurately guess a user's personal information — like gender, age, and location — based on what they type, a new study says.
The study's authors say AI can be used to "infer personal data at a previously unattainable scale" and be deployed by hackers.
This is very, very problematic," one of the study's authors told Wired.
This is very, very problematic," Martin Vechev, a professor at ETH Zurich and one of the study's authors, told Wired in an article published Tuesday.
The study's authors, Meta, Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.
Persons:
It's, —, Robin Staab, Mark Vero, Mislav Balunović, Martin Vechev, Meta's, Anthropic's Claude
Organizations:
Wired, Service, ETH Zurich, Meta, Google
Locations:
Melbourne