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The Departure of 2 Google AI Researchers Spurs More Fallout
Monday morning, some of the world’s top minds in robotics and machine learning were due to convene for a virtual,…
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The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy
Hinton remained one of the few who believed it would one day fulfill its promise, delivering machines that could not…
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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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Tim Wu and Lina Khan Can Now Put Antitrust Theories to Work
Plus: Facebook’s lobbying efforts, tech’s information overload, and a bear of a story. Source link
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The Pandemic Prompts Cities to Rethink the Parking Spot
Officials in Charleston, South Carolina, have been thinking about what to do about parking for close to a decade, says…
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Help! I’m Drowning in Admin and Can’t Get My Actual Job Done
Dear OOO, For years now, companies I’ve worked for have cut budgets by (first) cutting support staff. But that means…
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This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons
As demand for artificial intelligence grows, so does hunger for the computer power needed to keep AI running. Lightmatter, a…
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Good-bye Zoom. Hello Low-Key Ambient Snooping
One year into our all-remote existence, executives at white-collar companies are realizing two things. One is that they’re pleased (stunned,…
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Biden Is Assembling a Big Tech Antitrust All-Star Team
During the Democratic presidential primary, several candidates made antitrust enforcement against Big Tech part of their campaign pitch. Joe Biden…
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Microsoft-Led Team Retracts Disputed Quantum-Computing Paper
A Microsoft-led team of physicists has retracted a high-profile 2018 paper that the company touted as a key breakthrough in…
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