Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.
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Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.

U.S. immigration officials expect over 2 million migrants to reach the country’s southern border by the end of the year. They’re counting on face recognition to streamline processing of those who seek asylum.

June 9, 20211 min read
Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.
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Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.

U.S. immigration officials expect over 2 million migrants to reach the country’s southern border by the end of the year. They’re counting on face recognition to streamline processing of those who seek asylum.

June 9, 20211 min read
Deadly Drones Act Alone: Libya's military may have used AI-powered drones in 2020.
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Deadly Drones Act Alone: Libya's military may have used AI-powered drones in 2020.

Autonomous weapons are often viewed as an alarming potential consequence of advances in AI — but they may already have been used in combat. Libyan forces unleashed armed drones capable of choosing their own targets against a breakaway rebel faction last year.

June 2, 20212 min read
Deadly Drones Act Alone: Libya's military may have used AI-powered drones in 2020.
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Deadly Drones Act Alone: Libya's military may have used AI-powered drones in 2020.

Autonomous weapons are often viewed as an alarming potential consequence of advances in AI — but they may already have been used in combat. Libyan forces unleashed armed drones capable of choosing their own targets against a breakaway rebel faction last year.

June 2, 20212 min read
Face Recognition for the Masses: PimEyes is reverse image search for face recognition.
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Face Recognition for the Masses: PimEyes is reverse image search for face recognition.

Face recognition tech tends to be marketed to government agencies, but PimEyes offers a web app that lets anyone scan the internet for photos of themself — or anyone they have a picture of. The company says it aims to help people control their online presence and fight identity theft.

May 26, 20212 min read
Face Recognition for the Masses: PimEyes is reverse image search for face recognition.
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Face Recognition for the Masses: PimEyes is reverse image search for face recognition.

Face recognition tech tends to be marketed to government agencies, but PimEyes offers a web app that lets anyone scan the internet for photos of themself — or anyone they have a picture of. The company says it aims to help people control their online presence and fight identity theft.

May 26, 20212 min read
Banking on Computer Vision: How banks are using AI to boost security and productivity.
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Banking on Computer Vision: How banks are using AI to boost security and productivity.

AI-powered surveillance is becoming a staple in U.S. banks. Several banks are using cameras equipped with computer vision to bolster security and boost employee productivity, according to Reuters.

May 5, 20211 min read
Banking on Computer Vision: How banks are using AI to boost security and productivity.
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Banking on Computer Vision: How banks are using AI to boost security and productivity.

AI-powered surveillance is becoming a staple in U.S. banks. Several banks are using cameras equipped with computer vision to bolster security and boost employee productivity, according to Reuters.

May 5, 20211 min read
The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act
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The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act

The European Union proposed sweeping restrictions on AI technologies and applications. The executive arm of the 27-nation EU published draft rules that aim to regulate, and in some cases ban, a range of AI systems.

April 28, 20212 min read
The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act
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The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act

The European Union proposed sweeping restrictions on AI technologies and applications. The executive arm of the 27-nation EU published draft rules that aim to regulate, and in some cases ban, a range of AI systems.

April 28, 20212 min read
De-Facing ImageNet: Researchers blur all faces in ImageNet.
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De-Facing ImageNet: Researchers blur all faces in ImageNet.

ImageNet now comes with privacy protection.What’s new: The team that manages the machine learning community’s go-to image dataset blurred all the human faces pictured in it and tested how models trained on the modified images on a variety of image recognition tasks.

April 7, 20212 min read
De-Facing ImageNet: Researchers blur all faces in ImageNet.
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De-Facing ImageNet: Researchers blur all faces in ImageNet.

ImageNet now comes with privacy protection.What’s new: The team that manages the machine learning community’s go-to image dataset blurred all the human faces pictured in it and tested how models trained on the modified images on a variety of image recognition tasks.

April 7, 20212 min read
Drones For Defense: How companies like Anduril are developing military drones.
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Drones For Defense: How companies like Anduril are developing military drones.

Drone startups are taking aim at military customers. As large tech companies have backed away from defense work, startups like Anduril, Shield AI, and Teal are picking up the slack. They’re developing autonomous fliers specifically for military operations.

March 10, 20212 min read
Drones For Defense: How companies like Anduril are developing military drones.
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Drones For Defense: How companies like Anduril are developing military drones.

Drone startups are taking aim at military customers. As large tech companies have backed away from defense work, startups like Anduril, Shield AI, and Teal are picking up the slack. They’re developing autonomous fliers specifically for military operations.

March 10, 20212 min read
ID By Eyeglasses?: Meta's AI glasses may use face recognition.
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ID By Eyeglasses?: Meta's AI glasses may use face recognition.

Smart glasses in the works at Facebook may be equipped with face recognition. The social media colossus plans to market augmented-reality headgear, and it’s considering a feature that would overlay a person’s name on their face.

March 3, 20211 min read

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