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Google AI classifies baking recipes and explains its predictions
One goal of AI researchers is to figure out how to make machine learning models more interpretable so researchers can understand why they make their…
DeepMind’s latest AI can master games without being told their rules
In 2016, Alphabet’s DeepMind came out with AlphaGo, an AI which consistently beat the best human Go players. One year later, the subsidiary went on…
An AI is livestreaming a never-ending bass solo on YouTube
Even the most dedicated musicians have to put down their instruments sometimes, but on YouTube, you can listen to a bass solo that keeps going…
Massachusetts lawmakers vote to pass a statewide police ban on facial recognition
Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a new police reform bill that will ban police departments and public agencies from using facial recognition technology across…
Hitting the Books: How autonomous EVs could help solve climate change
Climate change is far and away the greatest threat of the modern human era — a crisis that will only get worse the longer we…
Facial Recognition Not Just for People – Bears and Cows, Too
Facial recognition is being used in many different ways. We use it to log in to our phones and computers, and the police can use…
New artificial intelligence spots previously undiscovered craters on Mars
The AI can cut the time taken to detect a crater from 40 minutes to five seconds Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/artificial-intelligence-mars-craters-nasa-b1341139.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
Microsoft’s AI is now better at image captioning than humans
Describing an image accurately, and not just like a clueless robot, has long been the goal of AI. In 2016, Google said its artificial intelligence…
How to Thwart Facial Recognition and Other Surveillance
Whether you’re protesting or just stepping out for a boba, you deserve some algorithm-free alone time. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-thwart-facial-recognition-other-surveillance/ Proactive Computing found this story and shared…
This AI spots local COVID-19 outbreaks before they’ve spun out of control
Researchers have developed a new machine learning-based tool that detects potential COVID-19 outbreaks in individual US counties. The system makes its assessments by analyzing reported COVID-19 cases and deaths, rates of…
YouTube removes record number of videos as human moderators replaced by AI
YouTube’s automated filters were less reliable than human moderators, but the company ‘accepted a lower level of accuracy; to ensure harmful content was removed Source:…
A Dogfight Renews Concerns About AI’s Lethal Potential
Alphabet’s DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A California company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/dogfight-renews-concerns-ai-lethal-potential/ Proactive…
Controversial Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Is Teaming Up With ICE
In a pairing that has all the makings of a privacy and/or human rights nightmare waiting to happen, the dystopian facial recognition software maker Clearview…
Watch AI-controlled virtual fighters take on an Air Force pilot August 18th
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, DARPA will no longer hold an in-person event for its third and final AlphaDogfight Trial that’s scheduled to take place…
Google accidentally enables Home smart speakers to listen in to everyday house sounds
Users have received notifications when their Google Home speakers hear smoke alarms or breaking glass Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-home-smart-speakers-listen-switch-on-smoke-detector-glass-breaking-a9652991.html Proactive Computing found this story and shared it…
World's first fully self-driving car will be ready this year, Elon Musk claims
‘I’m very confident about full self-driving functionality being complete by the end of this year,’ he says. ‘It’s because I’m literally driving it’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/elon-musk-self-driving-tesla-artificial-intelligence-a9634311.html…
New York lawmakers agree to pause use of facial recognition in schools
New York lawmakers have passed a moratorium that would ban the use of facial recognition in schools until 2022. Their decision comes a month after…
Detroit Police Wrongfully Arrested Another Black Man Falsely Identified by Face Recognition
For more than a year, people opposed to giving police access to face recognition technology have pointed to criminal cases such as that of Willie…
YouTube to let creators use Google AI to automatically reply to comments
‘SmartReply’ system guesses what YouTubers might want to say and writes it out for them Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-google-comments-ai-artificial-intelligence-reply-smart-video-a9600216.html Proactive Computing found this story and shared it…
Members of Congress push to ban federal use of face recognition
A group of Democratic Senators and House representatives have introduced a bill that seeks to ban federal use of facial recognition technology. It follows an…
False facial recognition match leads to a wrongful arrest in Detroit
Many critics of police facial recognition use warn of the potential for racial bias that leads to false arrests, and unfortunately that appears to have…
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