Advocates Petition Against Zoom Training AI With User Data

Zoom should publicly state it won’t use user data to train its AI, Fight for the Future said Tuesday in a new petition. Zoom’s reported interest in using user data for machine learning and AI models is “terrible” for user privacy because it shows the company is more interested in profit than protecting user data, the organization said. Fight for the Future raised concerns about Zoom’s “hurried response” to backlash over its recent terms of service update. Zoom “claims that it will not use audio or video data from calls for training AI without user consent, but this still does not line up with the Terms of Service, and the process for gaining consent is unclear and could expose users to abuse,” said Fight for the Future. The company didn’t comment.