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A.I.’s Most Important Dataset Gets a Privacy Overhaul, a Decade Too Late
A.I.’s Most Important Dataset Gets a Privacy Overhaul, a Decade Too Late
The authors of the image dataset that changed the world have made one long-overdue tweak
Dave Gershgorn
Mar 18, 2021
A Simple Way to Measure Whether Your Privacy Law Is Worth a Damn
A Simple Way to Measure Whether Your Privacy Law Is Worth a Damn
States still haven’t matched Illinois’ 2008 biometric privacy law
Dave Gershgorn
Mar 11, 2021
Facebook Scraped 1 Billion Pictures From Instagram to Train Its A.I. — But Spared European Users
Facebook Scraped 1 Billion Pictures From Instagram to Train Its A.I. — But Spared European Users
The team purposely excluded Instagram images from the European Union, likely because of GDPR
Dave Gershgorn
Mar 4, 2021
Clearview AI Is Taking Facial Recognition Privacy To the Supreme Court
Clearview AI Is Taking Facial Recognition Privacy To the Supreme Court
International regulators have found Clearview AI’s technology breaches their privacy laws
Dave Gershgorn
Feb 26, 2021
The Shoddy Science Behind Emotional Recognition Tech
The Shoddy Science Behind Emotional Recognition Tech
People’s facial expressions line up with their emotions less than half the time
Dave Gershgorn
Feb 18, 2021
The A.I. Industry Is Exploiting Gig Workers Around the World — Sometimes for Just $8 a Day
The A.I. Industry Is Exploiting Gig Workers Around the World — Sometimes for Just $8 a Day
A new paper sheds light on the industry’s troubling relationship with the global gig economy
Dave Gershgorn
Feb 11, 2021
Amazon’s New CEO Is Shaping How the Military Uses Killer Robots
Amazon’s New CEO Is Shaping How the Military Uses Killer Robots
Andy Jassy is a member of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
Dave Gershgorn
Feb 4, 2021
Men Wear Suits, Women Wear Bikinis: Image Generating Algorithms Learn Biases ‘Automatically’
Men Wear Suits, Women Wear Bikinis: Image Generating Algorithms Learn Biases ‘Automatically’
The algorithms also picked up on racial biases linking Black people to weapons
Dave Gershgorn
Jan 28, 2021
The FTC Forced a Misbehaving A.I. Company to Delete Its Algorithm
The FTC Forced a Misbehaving A.I. Company to Delete Its Algorithm
Could Google and Facebook’s algorithms be next?
Dave Gershgorn
Jan 18, 2021
Take a Look at How Far Image Generation A.I. Has Come in Just 5 Years
Take a Look at How Far Image Generation A.I. Has Come in Just 5 Years
DALL-E can create images based on text descriptions alone
Dave Gershgorn
Jan 10, 2021
The Facial Recognition Backlash
The Facial Recognition Backlash
But will the current bans last?
Dave Gershgorn
Dec 17, 2020
Was an Iranian Scientist Really Assassinated With an A.I. Weapon?
Was an Iranian Scientist Really Assassinated With an A.I. Weapon?
A.I.-assisted weapons are proliferating quickly
Dave Gershgorn
Dec 10, 2020
Is Spotify’s Newly Patented A.I. Plagiarism Detector a Data Collection Scheme?
Is Spotify’s Newly Patented A.I. Plagiarism Detector a Data Collection Scheme?
‘Spotify wants machine-made music the same way Uber wants self-driving cars’
Dave Gershgorn
Dec 6, 2020
How Academic A.I. Research Morphed Into Computer-Generated Porn
How Academic A.I. Research Morphed Into Computer-Generated Porn
These dangerous technologies are still in their infancy, and they’ll continue to become more accurate and convincing
Dave Gershgorn
Nov 12, 2020
Facebook Tested a New A.I.-Powered Misinformation Detector Months Before the Election
Facebook Tested a New A.I.-Powered Misinformation Detector Months Before the Election
It’s unclear whether the platform adopted the new approach
Dave Gershgorn
Nov 5, 2020
Why Algorithmically Calculated Wages Are Bad News For Gig Workers
Why Algorithmically Calculated Wages Are Bad News For Gig Workers
Dynamic pricing allows gig platforms much greater control over their workers
Dave Gershgorn
Oct 21, 2020
Apple’s A.I. Research Team Is Playing Catch-Up With Siri
Apple’s A.I. Research Team Is Playing Catch-Up With Siri
And other recent Apple A.I. research projects
Dave Gershgorn
Oct 15, 2020
Actual Self-Driving Taxis Are Hitting City Streets
Actual Self-Driving Taxis Are Hitting City Streets
Waymo is officially launching a fleet of self-driving cars in Phoenix
Dave Gershgorn
Oct 8, 2020
‘Aggression Detection’ Is Coming to Facial Recognition Cameras Around the World
‘Aggression Detection’ Is Coming to Facial Recognition Cameras Around the World
Russian firm NTech Lab plans to roll emotional detection features worldwide as soon as 2021
Dave Gershgorn
Sep 24, 2020
Facebook’s Project Aria Is Google Maps — For Your Entire Life
Facebook’s Project Aria Is Google Maps — For Your Entire Life
A new augmented reality headset will create a map of everything you see
Dave Gershgorn
Sep 17, 2020
The U.S. May Soon Scan New Immigrants’ Faces, Iris, Voices, and DNA
The U.S. May Soon Scan New Immigrants’ Faces, Iris, Voices, and DNA
If enacted, the personal information of more than 70 percent of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database.
Dave Gershgorn
Sep 10, 2020
Border Patrol Used Facial Recognition to Scan More Than 16 Million Fliers — and Caught 7 Imposters
Border Patrol Used Facial Recognition to Scan More Than 16 Million Fliers — and Caught 7 Imposters
A new report lays out CBP’s shoddy implementation of facial recognition technology
Dave Gershgorn
Sep 3, 2020
400 Million Indians Might Soon Need To Use Facial Recognition To Access Their Bank Accounts
400 Million Indians Might Soon Need To Use Facial Recognition To Access Their Bank Accounts
Four banks are currently testing facial recognition systems for two week trial periods
Dave Gershgorn
Aug 27, 2020
The Facial Recognition Industry Promises to Regulate Itself. Sure, OK.
The Facial Recognition Industry Promises to Regulate Itself. Sure, OK.
Members of the industry group proposing ethics guidelines have broken those guidelines already
Dave Gershgorn
Aug 20, 2020
Peter Thiel’s Former Chief of Staff Now Has a $60 Billion Pentagon Budget
Peter Thiel’s Former Chief of Staff Now Has a $60 Billion Pentagon Budget
Meet the man tasked with staying ahead of China
Dave Gershgorn
Aug 13, 2020
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