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This Researcher Says AI Is Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
Technology companies like to portray artificial intelligence as a precise and powerful tool for good. Kate Crawford says that mythology…
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Now for AI’s Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code
It can take years to learn how to write computer code well. SourceAI, a Paris startup, thinks programming shouldn’t be…
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Europe’s Proposed Limits on AI Would Have Global Consequences
The European Union proposed rules that would restrict or ban some uses of artificial intelligence within its borders, including by…
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I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget
“I think it’s an even stronger statement than that,” Seyal said. “If we solve the problem you describe, the user…
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The Foundations of AI Are Riddled With Errors
The current boom in artificial intelligence can be traced back to 2012 and a breakthrough during a competition built around…
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Researchers Blur Faces That Launched a Thousand Algorithms
In 2012, artificial intelligence researchers engineered a big leap in computer vision thanks, in part, to an unusually large set…
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Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help
Most artificial intelligence is still built on a foundation of human toil. Peer inside an AI algorithm and you’ll find…
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Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech
Last June, Antonio Radić, the host of a YouTube chess channel with more than a million subscribers, was live-streaming an…
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AI and the List of Dirty, Naughty, Obscene, and Otherwise Bad Words
Comedian George Carlin had a list of Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV. Parts of the internet have a…
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Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Spoken. But It Hasn’t Solved Much
The Facebook Oversight Board issued its first five decisions Thursday. The rulings are well thought out and show the board…
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