April 2, 2026, 16:29 GMT | Comment When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a looming anxiety, summarized by Prince Harry in his keynote: public trust in technology is “broken.” To remedy this, speakers across two days urged attendees to keep their eye on the simple and fundamental goal of protecting that public.