We’re creating AI that could surveil US citizens. And the government is in on it.

President Donald Trump recently gathered CEOs for a summit about renewing the United States “spiritually and financially.” At the top of the agenda was a closer look at “American values” such as faith and freedom.

There is cause for alarm, however. Centuries after Americans declared independence from the British monarchy, our freedom and liberty are under threat − not only from foreign governments like China, but potentially our own. 

America’s surveillance state is spreading as the federal government collects personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans. In the age of artificial intelligence, with data collection accelerating at an unprecedented rate, our privacy has never been more vulnerable.