I'm no AI hater, but I do know AI's limits - and you should too. In this episode of Tech Gets Real, I dig into 3 major pitfalls that people encounter when they use AI today.

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AIs are increasingly used to make decisions that have major impacts on people's lives. In this episode of Tech Gets Real, veteran technology journalist David Meyer discusses the risks, and the ways in which we can take back control.

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References for this episode:

Bias in facial recognition https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/unmasking-bias-facial-recognition-algorithms

Bias in speech recognition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885230823000864

Research into recruitment screening bias https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AIES/article/view/31748/33915

British regulators warning recruitment-tool makers https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/11/ico-intervention-into-ai-recruitment-tools-leads-to-better-data-protection-for-job-seekers/

Human Rights Watch on facial recognition and refugee kids https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/31/uk-plans-ai-experiment-on-children-seeking-asylum

European law on automated decision-making https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/

EU AI Act on high-risk AI systems https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/chapter/3/

In the first episode of Tech Gets Real, veteran technology journalist David Meyer explores the risks of over-sharing with AI chatbots. As always, he avoids technical jargon and gives useful recommendations for staying in control in the AI era.

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References for this episode:

OpenAI's terms of use https://openai.com/en-GB/policies/row-terms-of-use/

Anthropic's consumer terms https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms

ACLU on US mass surveillance https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/five-things-to-know-about-nsa-mass-surveillance-and-the-coming-fight-in-congress

We’ve all seen our social media feeds and the wider web getting taken over by AI fakes, from writing to images and video. It’s a cynical waste of our time — and it could destroy what’s left of public discourse.

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Tech Gets Real is a show about staying in control in a time of rapid technological change. I'm veteran tech journalist David Meyer, and I've been covering topics like online privacy and freedom for two decades. In TGR, I provide short, jargon-free guides to help you navigate the new AI era.

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REFERENCES:

Three-quarters of new content is AI-generated https://ahrefs.com/blog/what-percentage-of-new-content-is-ai-generated/

Washington Post on Sora 2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/02/sora-openai-video-face-fake/

Sora 2 watermarks easy to remove https://www.404media.co/sora-2-watermark-removers-flood-the-web/