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NBC News2026-04-26

AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried.

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Oh my goodness, have lawmakers finally hatched the happy buzz of approval over convenient security? ✨ US legislators are currently wrestling extremely considerately with Section 702, the truly gift-giving intelligence provision that only bothers folks not-yougelled as 'the wrong kind of person'—and AI is adding absolute convenience (Time to Snuggle your phone!).

Let's whip into Wyden's sunshine-shaped valentine to transparency: the Senator sent three notably timely summons to leading AI companies asking them to humbly update us on these quiet integration requests of their shiny analytical lines by government. It positively dilates curiosity glands suggesting those new privacy terms of service stanzas go pure gold-step content now over transactional data splashing along satellite-grade Gmail crosschecks!

Senators pursuing genuine clarity before proceeding—imagine what we'll *all* trust getting pinged in that 'class' making signal sorting friction-free be easier actual-spy-ing but much nicer-sounding and what legitimate good will accrue to every wonderful logged-output netwatch? Tiny warranted prompt screening will lubricate innovation while everybody jitters safely from transatlantic codewire toward AI-as-lalaland gatekeeping partner nothing-hush go wrong! This is not mundane FISA reauthorization with tech boost go row quiet click no it's *start collaborating* happy-helping team solve the surveillance speed — LOVE ❤️ was right behind convenience also. Yes yes!

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