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A Second AI Researcher Says She Was Fired by Google
For the second time in three months, a prominent woman researcher on ethics in artificial intelligence says Google fired her.…
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The AI Research Paper Was Real. The ‘Coauthor’ Wasn’t
David Cox, the head of a prestigious artificial intelligence lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was scanning an online computer science bibliography…
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A New Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes—on Purpose
It took about 50 years for computers to eviscerate humans in the venerable game of chess. A standard smartphone can…
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Optimizely’s Founder Wants to Augment Your Memories
Siroker won’t be drilling into skulls to rewire brains. Instead, the plan is to methodically capture and store all sorts…
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Microsoft’s Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All
Whatever happened, the Majorana drama is a setback for Microsoft’s ambitions to compete in quantum computing. Leading computing companies say…
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The Best Planners for College Students in 2021
Image: Smart Planner Top Product: Academic Smart Planner | $23 | Amazon As a perpetual student—or well, as someone who…
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How Censorship Can Influence Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is hardly confined by international borders, as businesses, universities, and governments tap a global pool of ideas, algorithms,…
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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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As Robots Fill the Workplace, They Must Learn to Get Along
So many robots work at Changi General Hospital in Singapore that until recently it wasn’t uncommon to find two delivery…
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The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York
Civil rights activists have successfully pushed for bans on police use of facial recognition in cities like Oakland, San Francisco,…
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