California Bill Would Halt Facial Recognition on Bodycams
A bill approved by the state senate would set a three-year moratorium on police use of recognition algorithms. Privacy advocates want a permanent ban.
Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones?
Facial recognition technology raises a vital question: What role do we want this form of artificial intelligence to play in our society?
McDonald’s Acquires Apprente to Double Down on Tech
The Golden Arches will acquire Apprente, a “sound-to-meaning” voice assistant, to speed up its drive-thru.
If Computers Are So Smart, How Come They Can’t Read?
Deep learning excels at learning statistical correlations, but lacks robust ways of understanding how the meanings of sentences relate to their parts.
AI Can Pass Standardized Tests—But It Would Fail Preschool
Opinion: Sure, an AI aced an 8th-grade science test, but the method it used highlights its lack of common sense or anything resembling human understanding.
Should AI Researchers Get Special Access to Visas?
An industry group proposes that countries create a special visa for AI specialists, to foster the exchange of ideas.
An AI-Run World Needs to Better Reflect People of Color
Opinion: A growing black and brown diaspora of data must be used for equality, not oppression.
Why American Workers Need to Be Protected From Automation
Opinion: As President, I would issue a robot tax for corporations displacing humans, and create a federal agency to oversee automation.
Facebook, Microsoft Back Contest to Better Detect Deepfakes
Deepfakes are improving. The contest, which will include deepfakes created by Facebook, is designed to help researchers keep up.
Poll Finds Americans Trust Police Use of Facial Recognition
The Pew Research Center reports 56% of Americans trust law enforcement to use the technology responsibly, despite concerns over fairness, and bans in some cities.
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