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Re:Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M ... by Sendotsh on Friday November 01, 2019 @05:57PM (#21424123)
> Compounded with psuedonyms, it's hard for any AI to determine who's chatting who

Just so you know, they don’t use the AI to determine who is who, just the context of the text. They know exactly who is who despite pseudonyms because of device IDs and tracking cookies and all the rest. The “who is who” is the easy part.

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Re:Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M ... by big_chungus on Friday November 01, 2019 @09:25PM (#21425283)
You're assuming the AI in question has access to such information. A state actor might, but not random company XYZ. It's certainly possible, but I doubt this company is equipped to do so; there's not an easy way to show the school what additional value this provides. Unless they could find a way to "sell it", such a capability would cost the company significantly more likely for no additional revenue.
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Re:Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M ... by lonelappde on Saturday November 02, 2019 @10:37AM (#21427929)
The "random company" is running the software the users are using. They are hooked into the account management system.
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