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AI inferences to drive most privacy incidents by 2029: Gartner
A Gartner report predicts that by 2029, most privacy incidents will arise from AI-generated inferences about individuals, not from direct exposure of personally identifiable information (PII). Advances in generative AI allow attackers…
The Story in Brief
A Gartner report predicts that by 2029, most privacy incidents will arise from AI-generated inferences about individuals, not from direct exposure of personally identifiable information (PII). Advances in generative AI allow attackers to extract sensitive details like health conditions or behavioural patterns from anonymised or aggregated data.
As organisations cut stored personal data due to regulatory and cost pressures, threat actors use AI for inference-based attacks. Gartner's Bart Willemsen said privacy risks now come from what AI infers, not what data is directly exposed. Spending on data integrity protections will match data confidentiality investments by 2028, the report added.
The Indian Opinion
The report's shift from data exposure to insight exposure is a warning Indian firms should heed, not ignore as a distant Western problem. Lazy narratives pit privacy against innovation, but the real test is whether companies will embed AI governance now or scramble later. Watch for how many Indian firms adopt differential privacy or synthetic data by next year, that number will separate talk from action.
Source: thehansindia.com
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