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Facial Recognition Software Mistook 1 in 5 California Lawmakers for Criminals…

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California Assemblyman Phil Ting has never been arrested, but he was recently mistaken for a criminal. He’s not surprised. Ting (D-San Francisco), who authored a bill to ban facial recognition software from being used on police body cameras, was one of 26 California legislators who was incorrectly matched with a mug shot in a recent […]

Microsoft Is Investing $1B in OpenAI to Create Brain-Like Machines…

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Microsoft says OpenAI will help it jointly develop and train new AI technologies for its Azure cloud computing service. It will also work with it to develop new supercomputing hardware to try to achieve AGI—machines with the capacity to learn tasks the way human beings do. That’s a holy grail of AI that still remains […]

6G Mobile Networks: “Real-Time Remote Access to Human Brain-Level AI”…

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As 5G networks continue to expand in cities and countries across the globe, key researchers have already started to lay the foundation for 6G deployments roughly a decade from now. This time, they say, the key selling point won’t be faster phones or wireless home internet service, but rather a range of advanced industrial and […]

Google Works on AI with Top Chinese University That Has Ties to Chinese Military…

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Google has been cooperating with a leading artificial intelligence (AI) research body at Tsinghua University, a prestigious Chinese academic institution that also conducts AI research for the Chinese military. The American internet giant has been collaborating with Beijing’s Tsinghua University since June 2018, when it launched a new AI research body, the Tsinghua University Institute […]

Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Google Assistant?…

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Google, Amazon, and Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home. Last month, a couple in the Waasmunster area of Belgium got an unexpected lesson in how these supposedly automated helpers really work. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED. Tim Verheyden, a journalist with […]

Peter Thiel Slams “Treasonous” Google For Choosing China Over U.S. Military…

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During a talk Sunday at the National Conservatism conference in Washington, Peter Thiel, perhaps the most visible tech entrepreneur to back President Donald Trump, earning the eternal enmity of his fellow Silicon Valley denizens (and necessitating a move to LA), had some harsh words for his one-time friends. The billionaire investor singled out Google for […]

3D Printed Prosthetic Hand Can Guess How You Play Rock, Paper, Scissors…

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Losing a limb, either through illness or accident, can present emotional and physical challenges for an amputee, damaging their quality of life. Prosthetic limbs can be very useful but are often expensive and difficult to use. The Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University has developed a new 3D printed prosthetic hand combined with a […]

GOOGLE EMPLOYEE CALLS CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS NAZI’S…

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Project Veritas has obtained a newly leaked document from Google that appears to show a Google employee and member of Google “transparency-and-ethics” group calling conservative and libertarian commentators, including Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro, “nazis.” Project Veritas received this document after the release of its investigation into Google through the “Be Brave” campaign at VeritasTips@protonmail.com. […]

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