To use your own data effectively with AI (personal assistant) you need direct access online. The current industry standard is API’s, which allow systems/apps to share data in a very secure manner. However, most of the companies we use don’t have API’s and therefore ‘own’ our own data and don’t allow us useful access. Examples … The Linkedin API won’t let me get my own profile data, it can only be done by manually exporting a text file. TV apps (Netflix, Prime, Disney etc) have no API access, so I can’t get data on what I have watched, or what’s new etc. Shopping apps (Supermarkets, Amazon, clothes stores etc) have no API access, so I can’t get my own shopping data. Banks don’t give me direct access to my account data via any API etc. In the UK, I can’t access my medical history online, let alone through an API. I think that data protection laws need to be updated to allow us to access to our own data online in a direct way, e.g. API’s. Unfortunately, I don’t think this will happen because of the commercial value these companies get from owning and not giving us access (in a useful way) to our own data. They also stand to lose revenue if users (via API) are able to directly compare their services and products with other companies. The only exception I have found so far is Spotify, who give full access to your own listening data via API. Well done Spotify! Do you think AI at a personal level is hugely restricted by this issue? Any examples of companies with good API’s? submitted by /u/4billionyearson
Originally posted by u/4billionyearson on r/ArtificialInteligence