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WIRED: AI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails

November 6, 2026

“The union’s objections cast a light on the dark side of this gold rush. Despite the claims of virtually all the data companies that no PII goes into AI models, critics feel that there is still danger of personal data leaking out. ‘It’s not clear that anonymizing can fully get rid of privacy issues,’ says Mayu Tobin-Miyaji, general counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the flight attendants.”

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