I think this is the case when false positives and false negatives can do a lot of harm, so in human review of CT scan is a must. Especially if we consider how small dataset this model is trained on.
Article provides really some terrible examples of IPOs that failed. All of those companies were unable to deliver revenue even close to what were asummed during private investement rounds. System is not broken and it punishes disfunctiinal businesses pretty well.
Software that already is listening has more vectors of attack to put it simply. I'm not a fan of features that compromise privacy and security for the sake of convenience.
I got advice on reading long time ago that helped me a lot: "Start reading what you like until you start liking to read". And yes, books are the best source of any information that has to be digested by you. Its very personal journey not biased by other who might digested this for you (like blogs or podcasts). Its important to learn how to understand and digest things rather than consume and reproduce thoughts of others.
It amazes me that in some cases brand love can overpower common sense. When OP concerned about privacy and security is told by loyal brand users to "give it up". I wonder if companies realize power of blind brand loyalty and utilize this to their own advantage.
In my experience analytics usually become a hot topic in product group of the company when product evolution stop. We did all the major features but we still need growth, so to pick new direction we need some insight on our users.