Gareth O'Callaghan: AI will soon know more about us than we know ourselves

Imagine a life without privacy, in a world where vulnerability no longer carries weight. It's a terrifying prospect. Justin Timberlake once said: “The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy”. In recent years, privacy has become a dirty word.

There was a time when fame belonged in Hollywood and New York, to the lives of film stars and musicians, sports heroes and supermodels. Outside of their craft, most of them opted for a reclusive life behind high walls and electric gates, in places like Beverley Hills, or in Monaco or Zurich, or on private Caribbean islands.

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