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AI is making smart devices – watches, speakers, doorbells – easier to hack. Here’s how to stay safe

  • Written by: Chao Chen, Deputy Director, Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT Univeristy, RMIT University
AI is making smart devices – watches, speakers, doorbells – easier to hack. Here’s how to stay safeIvan Bandura/Unsplash

From asking our smart speakers for the weather to receiving personalised advice from smartwatches, devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly streamlining our routines and decision making. The technology is seeping into our lives in subtle ways.

Manufacturers gather vast amounts of user data to ensure...

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