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Daily Dashboard | Devices Capture Increasing Amounts of Intimate Data Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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The New York Times reports on the growing number of products capable of monitoring intimate biological data—devices like wireless health monitors and, soon, “stretchable electronics” capable of measuring heart rate, brain activity, body temperature and hydration levels. One company will soon pilot a “Digital Health Feedback System” that will capture biometric data using microchips embedded in a pill and using stomach fluids to emit signals to an external sensor. The ways companies may use or share the data collected by such devices is yet to be seen. One company says customers will own the data but requires customers to grant it permission to use data for “product development and the cultivation of its data sets,” the report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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