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Web-based programming has come a long way from the days of HTML in the early 1990s. The citizen developer had to understand formal structure and syntax Now, a young kid, even an intelligent toddler, can open a web browser and code their heart out, creating visually stunning games and applications (sort of). The barrier to building software can be pretty low under certain conditions. The critical phrase is certain conditions.

The robots are coming! OK, I am sure we are all tired of seeing this type of headline lately, thanks to the so-called AI Wars or certain billionaires claiming a freeze to AI development for six months will be the miracle cure to technological change. Or the grim headlines that, thanks to AI, global workforce reductions should be expected in the next year. The headlines are meant to evoke fear, even doom and gloom, so that organizations can shake out the deadwood from the innovators.

Not a day has gone by recently where I do not hear about the new AI craze, ChatGPT. I am sure you have the same sentiment.

Think back to the mid-1990s when there was a turf battle between hashtag#Netscape and Microsoft for web browser market share. The browser war wasn't a revenue grab or a technology superiority play; it was 100% about who could collect as many commercial users as possible and call them loyal disciples.

Data, it’s everywhere! Something around you collects data from the time when you wake up until you fall asleep. Every device seems to connect to the Internet, some with a warning about data collection practices. People gravitate past the warnings and notifications because they are often complex to understand and too long to read. In this article, I plan to address the complexities of data permissiveness and how the U.S Federal Government is taking steps to tackle these very challenges.