You're Under Surveillance

You are being spied on and probably don't even realize it.

Not by your boss.

Not by your coworkers.

By the AI you’re talking to every day.

As generative AI becomes a core part of how we live and work, we’re also welcoming in something we rarely talk about: surveillance disguised as productivity.

Think about it—

We’re giving these systems our questions, our doubts, our decision-making processes, our frustrations, and sometimes our most personal struggles. Things we would never say out loud in a meeting or put in an email.

And yet... we type them into an AI chat box without hesitation.

Users assume these conversations are private. But how do you think AI companies know:

- What the most common user topics are?
- How "accurate" their responses are?
- How their tools impact "customer satisfaction"?
- Where the model needs tuning?

They know because your data is part of their analytics pipeline.

Your messages have become telemetry.

And the more we integrate AI into our workflows, the more surveillance we normalize—without ever calling it that.

AI isn’t inherently bad. But blind trust is.

We must understand the trade-offs, demand transparency, and build guardrails that respect human privacy—not just enterprise productivity.

What do you believe should change about how AI providers handle user data? And how should companies protect employees who rely on AI at work? Let's have the real conversation.

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