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Google Gemini

Google already had all your data. Now it has a chatbot that can actually use it.

What changed Grade D held risk 7.2 → 7.4(Worse)

In May 2026 Google folded its experimental Project Mariner browsing agent into Gemini and rolled out Gemini Agent automation on Android, letting the assistant fill shopping carts, check ticket availability and complete purchases on its own. An April 2026 update to the Agent Payments Protocol added a Human Not Present mode that lets Gemini buy something the moment it becomes available without a person confirming the purchase. Autonomy moved from 7 to 8.

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D
High Risk
Privacy
8
Bias
6
Job threat
7
Autonomy
8
Lock-in
8

The Index

Highest risk first
F
Autonomous Tesla

Tesla Autopilot / FSD

A $15,000 promise of self-driving that's killed people and still calls itself 'Full Self-Driving.'

high risk
D
Chatbot OpenAI New

ChatGPT

Knows more about you than your therapist. Reports to a company that wants to be God.

Grade D held risk 6.6 → 7.4(Worse)
high risk
D
Enterprise Workday New

Workday AI Recruiting

The screening layer between you and a billion job applications, with its bias testing sealed under attorney-client privilege.

high risk
D
Surveillance Amazon New

Amazon Alexa

A corporate spy you bought with your own money, placed in your bedroom, and thanked for the weather report.

Grade D held risk 6.2 → 6.6(Worse)
high risk
C
Assistant Microsoft New

GitHub Copilot

Your AI pair programmer that learned to code by reading everyone else's code without asking.

Grade C held risk 5.2 → 5.8(Worse)
use with caution
C
Hardware Meta / EssilorLuxottica New

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

A camera and microphone worn on your face, wired to Meta. The people around you never agreed to any of it.

use with caution
C
Creative Adobe

Adobe Firefly

Trained on data it actually paid for, which is rarer than it should be. Getting back out of Adobe is the expensive part.

use with caution
C
Search Perplexity AI

Perplexity

Cites its sources more carefully than any rival, and is being sued by a remarkable number of them.

use with caution
B
Surveillance Microsoft New

Microsoft Recall

A screenshot of your screen every five seconds, indexed and searchable. It never leaves the laptop, which is the only reason this is not an F.

moderate risk
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