“If we don’t regulate AI, your privacy will suffer more than ever”, the grim predictions of Proton

The CEO of Proton, Andy Yen, is not fundamentally opposed to AI, but that does not prevent him from calling for the regulation of a technology mainly exploited by the technological giants.

After a first part devoted to Proton and its services, here is our second article taken from the interview with Andy Yen, the CEO of the Swiss company, who also confided during our meeting at VivaTech in Paris, on his vision of artificial intelligence. Inevitably, the opinion of an entrepreneur driven by issues of online privacy and technological progress counts. And the leader is sounding the alarm.

For Andy Yen, the big winner of generative AI is called Google

So what can generative AI inspire Andy Yen? ” This is a very interesting question, because we know that many of our users use ChatGPT. And we must consider the possible disadvantages that may impact the company “, he answers us.

” The answers ChatGPT delivers are based on huge amounts of data “, continues the leader. It is true that OpenAI’s chatbot improves based on the information its users give it. And Andy Yen to clarify: “ every time you talk to ChatGPT or use the AI, you are feeding data from the machine “.

And for the physicist and developer, there is a big winner, and you all know it: Google. ” Going forward, Google will be in a very strong position because it already has the most data in the world and in many ways has access to all the information. “.

Without AI regulation, privacy shackles will grow stronger

Many are those (and Elon Musk himself is one of them) to call for more or less urgent regulation of artificial intelligence. The European Union is doing its utmost to adapt its regulatory arsenal to the challenges and insane progress of AI.

” Companies like Google are financially incentivized to abuse data collection and management “, explains Andy Yen. ” That’s why we need regulations that are probably common sense, to ensure that privacy is not hampered by the rise of AI. Because if you don’t regulate, it will only make privacy breaches worse “.

As for the integration of AI into Proton, Andy Yen remains open. ” A chatbot would make support more responsive, improve it with faster responses to user questions. If we are able to train intelligent models to detect spam, phishing or malware, it would be very useful and it would improve security “, he confides. However, the founder of Proton remains measured, brandishing the legitimate argument of security. ” This could make it easier for hackers, especially since written malicious campaigns remain very difficult to detect and differentiate from human messages. It’s a double edged sword “. Everything in its time, as they say.