UK data watchdog issues Snapchat enforcement notice over AI chatbot

ICO inquiry provisionally finds social media app’s owner failed to assess risks to users of My AI service

Snapchat could face a fine of millions of pounds after the UK data watchdog issued it with a preliminary enforcement notice over the failure to assess privacy risks its artificial intelligence chatbot may pose to users and particularly children.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it had provisionally found that the social media app’s owner failed to “adequately identify and assess the …

ai chatbot app artificial artificial intelligence artificial intelligence (ai) artificial intelligence chatbot chatbot computing data digital media face failure ico intelligence media my ai privacy risks snapchat social social media technology