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Axon’s Taser Drone Plans Prompt AI Ethics Board Resignations
A majority of Axon’s AI ethics board resigned in protest yesterday, following an announcement last week that the company planned…
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Satellites and AI Can Help Solve Big Problems—If Given the Chance
However, as in the Amazon, identifying problem areas only gets you so far if there aren’t enough resources to act…
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Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct
When asked about Chatterjee, Google spokesperson Jason Freidenfelds provided a company statement confirming he was “terminated with cause.” Freidenfelds also…
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Microsoft’s Code-Writing AI Points to the Future of Computers
Microsoft just showed how artificial intelligence could find its way into many software applications—by writing code on the fly. At…
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Why It’s So Hard to Count Twitter Bots
Automated accounts have become more sophisticated and complex in recent years. Many fake accounts are partly operated by humans, as…
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The US Military Is Building Its Own Metaverse
On May 10, two fighter pilots performed a high-altitude proto-metaverse experiment. A few thousand feet above the desert of California,…
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Widely Available AI Could Have Deadly Consequences
The researchers warned that while AI is becoming more powerful and increasingly accessible to anyone, there is nearly no regulation…
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Feds Warn Employers Against Discriminatory Hiring Algorithms
As companies increasingly involve AI in their hiring processes, advocates, lawyers, and researchers have continued to sound the alarm. Algorithms…
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Google Has a Plan to Stop Its New AI From Being Dirty and Rude
Silicon Valley CEOs usually focus on the positives when announcing their company’s next big thing. In 2007, Apple’s Steve Jobs…
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How 10 Skin Tones Will Reshape Google’s Approach to AI
For years, tech companies have relied on something called the Fitzpatrick scale to classify skin tones for their computer vision…
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