Teen Justifying Time on TikTok by Earning Money

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The possibility arises that teens can justify spending time on TikTok to their parents by stating they are earning money for college. TikTok parent company, ByteDance, is expanding with new apps like TikTok notes, CapCut, and Lemonade. ByteDance has even developed an app called GAUTH, which helps teens cheat on their homework by using AI to solve problems, marketed directly to teenagers.

This week, the companies building artificial intelligence are facing a limit to what training data is publicly available on the internet. Will that stop them from building God? Then, a new bipartisan national privacy law proposal just dropped. We ask what’s in it. And finally, ByteDance is building new apps instead of fighting Congress’s TikTok ban.

Today’s Guests:

Trevor Hughes, president and C.E.O. of the International Association of Privacy Professionals

Additional Reading:

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

For Data-Guzzling A.I. Companies, the Internet Is Too Small

Lawmakers unveil sprawling plan to expand online privacy protections

TikTok Turns to Nuns, Veterans and Ranchers in Marketing Blitz

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