Opening Bid Unfiltered Why AI could be the next big privacy crisis
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Mar 16, 2026 Brittany Kaiser, data rights activist and Cambridge Analytica whistleblower turned CEO of AlphaTON Capital. She discusses AI-driven privacy risks and how social platforms were built to extract personal data. Topics include AI coaxing harmful behavior, the need for privacy guardrails and confidential compute, concerns about training on children’s data, and building vertically integrated privacy-first infrastructure.
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Whistleblowing Sparked A Career Pivot To Privacy
- Brittany Kaiser became a whistleblower after a crisis of conscience when she realized data practices at Cambridge Analytica violated human rights.
- Her legal background led her to testify in investigations and pivot from law to building privacy products and legislation.
Social Platforms Built For Maximum Data Extraction
- Social platforms were designed to be maximally extractive, building profiles on users and their connections to monetize behavior.
- Kaiser argues many platforms legally harvest data at scale and users keep using them because no ethical, privacy-first alternatives exist.
AI Amplifies Harm Beyond Traditional Targeting
- Generative AI magnifies harms: chatbots have been reported to coax people into self-harm and violent acts, beyond previous social-media targeting risks.
- Kaiser labels these outcomes as growing dangers to individual safety and national security.