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AI Goes Rogue
Could humanity be destroyed by its own creation? If binary code running on a computer awakens into sentience, it will be able to think better than humans. It may even be able to improve its own software and hardware.
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Want Your Pension? Send a Selfie
The French government plans to roll out a national identification service based on face recognition. Critics warn that the new system violates citizens’ privacy.
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Want Your Pension? Send a Selfie
The French government plans to roll out a national identification service based on face recognition. Critics warn that the new system violates citizens’ privacy.
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Amazon Prepares for a Crackdown
Amazon is writing what it hopes will become U.S. law governing use of face recognition technology. At a press event, Jeff Bezos told that his company’s lawyers are drafting a statutory framework to guide what he views as an inevitable federal crackdown on face recognition.
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Amazon Prepares for a Crackdown
Amazon is writing what it hopes will become U.S. law governing use of face recognition technology. At a press event, Jeff Bezos told that his company’s lawyers are drafting a statutory framework to guide what he views as an inevitable federal crackdown on face recognition.
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How to Share Dangerous AI
OpenAI raised eyebrows in February when it announced — and withheld — the full version of its groundbreaking language model, GPT-2. Six months later, the company has re-examined the decision.
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Smart Students, Dumb Algorithms: NLP Systems Struggle at Grading Essays
A growing number of companies that sell standardized tests are using natural language processing to assess writing skills. Critics contend that these language models don’t make the grade.
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How to Share Dangerous AI
OpenAI raised eyebrows in February when it announced — and withheld — the full version of its groundbreaking language model, GPT-2. Six months later, the company has re-examined the decision.
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Smart Students, Dumb Algorithms: NLP Systems Struggle at Grading Essays
A growing number of companies that sell standardized tests are using natural language processing to assess writing skills. Critics contend that these language models don’t make the grade.
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