Data Privacy & Security Weekly AI News
August 18 - August 26, 2025This weekly update brings important news about AI security and privacy. Several big stories happened that affect how we use AI tools safely.
The biggest news came from the U.S. military. A special AI helper called GARY got the highest security clearance from the Department of Defense. This means the government trusts this AI agent to work with very secret information. This is the first time an AI has gotten this level of trust.
Browser AI assistants are causing new privacy worries. These are AI helpers built into web browsers that can see everything you do online. Privacy experts are concerned about how much personal data these tools collect.
Cloudflare launched a new tool called "Crawl Control" to help website owners protect their content. This tool stops AI companies from taking content without permission to train their AI models. Many content creators have been upset about AI companies using their work without asking.
Workers are breaking AI rules at their companies. A new survey found that about half of U.S. office workers use AI tools even when their company says not to. Many workers put sensitive company information into AI tools to make their jobs easier. This creates big security risks.
Meta faced new scrutiny about its AI privacy practices. Only 7% of users actually want Meta to use their personal data for AI training. Senators are now investigating how Meta protects children when they use AI chatbots.
These stories show that AI privacy and security are becoming bigger concerns as more people use AI tools every day.