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‘GrokNet’, the AI behind Facebook Shops, looks for body type, skin tone, location, socioeconomic class in photos
• Yay, Clearview AI but for shopping! Facebook Mark Zuckerberg today announced the launch of Facebook Shops, an e-commerce feature to allows business users to…
NVIDIA is contributing its AI smarts to help fight COVID-19
Many people are lending their computing power to efforts researching and fighting COVID-19, and that now includes NVIDIA. The GPU maker has joined the COVID-19…
Pentagon prepares to accelerate use of AI in war by adopting 'ethical principles'
New principles lay foundation for ‘deployment and the use of AI by the Department of Defense’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/artificial-intelligence-war-pentagon-trump-ai-ethics-jedi-a9356616.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
How a Piece of Tape Tricked a Tesla Into Reading a 35MPH Sign as 85MPH
Researchers have identified a potential issue with sensors used in some older Tesla models that misinterpreted speed signs to read the speed limit as 50…
Facial recognition doesn't work – but that won't stop it from coming after you
There have been enough warnings about the technology and its effectiveness that the government should be holding back on any roll out Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/facial-recognition-technology-problems-racism-police-arrests-a9332516.html Proactive…
Siri will now answer your election questions
Apple’s built-in voice assistant won’t help you figure out who to vote for, but it will be able to update you on different races around…
The Newest Wyze Camera Update Kills Person Detection, But Motion Detection Stays
Wyze Last July, Wyze announced a surprising new feature for its cameras—free person detection. You didn’t need the cloud or subscription fees to benefit. That…
Facial recognition isn’t just bad because it invades privacy: it’s because privacy invasions fuel discrimination
Bruce Schneier writes in the New York Times that banning facial recognition (as cities like San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Brookline and Somerville have done)…
Björk and Microsoft use AI to create music that changes with the sky
Björk is no stranger to using technology to express her music in more inventive ways, but now she’s using it to shape the music itself…
Quips is an AI to help ALS patients speak with their own voice
One of the most devastating outcomes of motor neuron disease (MND), more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease in the US, is that…
Homeland Security wants airport face scans for US citizens
Homeland Security is joining the ranks of government agencies pushing for wider use of facial recognition for US travelers. The department has proposed that US…
Facebook built a facial recognition app that identified employees
Facebook’s stance on facial recognition has changed as of late, but its past enthusiasm for the technology may have been stronger than previously thought. Business…
Apple Music Replay will remind you of your top track of 2019
It’s almost that time of the year when we take stock of the past months to see how far we’ve come along. These days, we…
The Pursuit of Creativity Can Make Algorithms Much Smarter
Neural networks are demonstrating profound leaps in their abilities when they’re tasked with open exploration instead of a narrowly focused goal. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-pursuit-of-creativity-can-make-algorithms-much-smarter/ Proactive Computing…
AI deemed 'too dangerous to release' makes it out into the world
Extremists could generate ‘synthetic propaganda’, automatically creating white supremacist screeds, researchers warn Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ai-artificial-intelligence-dangerous-text-gpt2-elon-musk-a9192121.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you….
USPS Is About to Get A Lot More Efficient Thanks to NVIDIA
NVIDIA Your packages might start showing up faster from the United States Postal Service (USPS) thanks to the implementation of NVIDIA artificial intelligence and high-speed…
Tech trade groups oppose facial recognition ban
A coalition of tech companies and trade groups is urging Congress not to pass legislation that would ban government use of facial recognition. Why it…
Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Electric Forest Among Festivals Committing Not To Use Facial Recognition Tech
Last year the major concert industry began embracing facial recognition technology. Ticketmaster invested in a company called Blink Identity with the goal of one day…
Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database
The US government might have reconsidered its plans for license plate recognition, but companies haven’t — and they’ve raised serious privacy concerns in the process….
Snap’s Spectacles 3 are made for augmented reality
Snap’s Spectacles 2 were functionally better, but not a revolution — and they were still a bit dowdy. Its latest attempt at smart eyewear might…
Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?
As the accuracy of such algorithms improve, governments use facial recognition in more ways—and prompt increasing privacy and fairness concerns. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/facial-recognition-everywhere-should-you-worry/ Proactive Computing found…
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