A recent watchdog report from the Netherlands has reignited a broader privacy debate: where should the line be drawn when intelligence agencies use AI? The concerns aren’t just about surveillance, but also about whether bulk datasets containing ordinary citizens’ information can be used to train AI models, how long that data is retained, and what meaningful oversight exists.
But the unfortunate truth is, who will oversee that it’s being followed. Time and time again has shown that these agencies have different power on paper and unofficially…take the NSA or the CIA or literally any intelligence agency around the world and you’ll find the same pattern