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Brawl-Detecting Algorithms, the Government’s A.I. Confusion, and Other A.I. News of the Week
The most important A.I. developments of the week
It’s becoming less and less rare to see news about the U.S. federal government and artificial intelligence.
This week, two Democratic senators released a bill that would put a moratorium on facial recognition used by federal agencies until a commission creates guidelines on how it can be used safely and fairly. This would severely hamper organizations like the FBI, and potentially the U.S. military.
President Trump’s federal budget proposal called for doubling investment into A.I. research through organizations like the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.
All of which adds up to a sense that the U.S. federal government still doesn’t have a cohesive plan for how to address A.I., except for a vague notion that it’s important in some form and should be funded.
Meanwhile, surveillance tech isn’t going anywhere. Two of the papers in this week’s roundup focus on how algorithms can help automate surveillance analysis from CCTV cameras. Below are some other interesting A.I. research papers from this week:
