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As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter
A radio transmission between several Russian soldiers in Ukraine in early March, captured from an unencrypted channel, reveals panicked and…
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TikTok’s Black Box Obscures Its Role in Russia’s War
Ten days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok announced it had suspended new posts from Russian accounts due to the…
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Russia’s Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare
A Russian “suicide drone” that boasts the ability to identify targets using artificial intelligence has been spotted in images of…
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Russian Missiles and Space Debris Could Threaten Satellites
Five hundred miles above Earth, there’s a growing layer of trash. Space debris made up of used rocket bodies and…
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It’s Like GPT-3 but for Code—Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws
Code pours from Feross Aboukhadijeh’s fingers. As a devotee of the open source software movement, he has written immensely popular…
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Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers
On March 1, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted a short video on Telegram, in which a cheery bearded soldier stood…
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This App Can Diagnose Rare Diseases From a Child’s Face
In 2012, Moti Shniberg sold his face recognition startup to Facebook and started looking for a new challenge. “We wanted…
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The Hidden Role of Facial Recognition Tech in Many Arrests
Quinn says the spread of facial recognition technology has led investigators to believe there will be suitable digital evidence in…
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How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men’s Lives
After his arrest, Parks didn’t tell many people, in part because of his prior record. “When you’re trying to do…
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YouTube’s Captions Insert Explicit Language in Kids’ Videos
Nearly 400,000 people subscribe to the YouTube account Rob the Robot – Learning Videos For Children. In one 2020 video,…
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