This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 26th, 2026. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. AI is not quite as artificial as many believe. A new investigation by SvD reveals how private moments are shared with office workers in Africa, whose job it is to train AI systems. Invisible to the user — but absolutely crucial to the company. We […]
Apple compromises on privacy in its AI debut Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-06-11. Translated from Swedish. Apple’s AI debut revealed a crack in the facade of the tech giant. The desire to keep pace with the AI frenzy appears to be pushing the company to abandon the privacy-first strategy that made it so successful. It was the worst-kept secret in the tech world. On Monday evening Apple made its entrance into artificial intelligence — though […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 28th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple’s privacy strategy is a masterstroke that is systematically crushing rival tech giants. But behind the scenes, the motives are less noble. Rarely has an aggressive business strategy been framed so elegantly as Apple’s “privacy is a fundamental human right.” It sounds consumer-friendly and principled. […]
Eleven Android apps leaked user data to a firm tied to the US defense industry. Apple's walled garden looks better every time one of these stories breaks.
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on June 28th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A new service from Apple is intended to protect privacy. But it also exposes one of the IT giant’s biggest challenges right now – choosing a path in China, where they are squeezed between the country’s exercise of power and its own ideals. Happy and confident, […]
