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Guard Bot: Amazon Household Robot Patrols Home for Intruders
Amazon unveiled a robot that patrols users’ homes, scopes out strangers, and warns of perceived dangers.
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Guard Bot: Amazon Household Robot Patrols Home for Intruders
Amazon unveiled a robot that patrols users’ homes, scopes out strangers, and warns of perceived dangers.
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Distance Killing: Israeli Agents Assasinated Iranian Scientist With AI-Sniper Rifle
A remote sniper used an automated system to take out a human target located thousands of miles away.What happened: The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad used an AI-assisted rifle in the November killing of Iran’s chief nuclear scientist,
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Distance Killing: Israeli Agents Assasinated Iranian Scientist With AI-Sniper Rifle
A remote sniper used an automated system to take out a human target located thousands of miles away.What happened: The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad used an AI-assisted rifle in the November killing of Iran’s chief nuclear scientist,
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UN Calls Out AI: UN Report Highlights AI-Related Risks for Privacy, Bias
Human rights officials called for limits on some uses of AI.What’s new: Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, appealed to the organization’s member states to suspend certain
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UN Calls Out AI: UN Report Highlights AI-Related Risks for Privacy, Bias
Human rights officials called for limits on some uses of AI.What’s new: Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, appealed to the organization’s member states to suspend certain
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Deep Unlearning: AI Researchers Teach Models to Unlearn Data
Privacy advocates want deep learning systems to forget what they’ve learned. What’s new: Researchers are seeking ways to remove the influence of particular training examples, such as an individual’s personal information, from a trained model without affecting its performance, Wired reported.
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Deep Unlearning: AI Researchers Teach Models to Unlearn Data
Privacy advocates want deep learning systems to forget what they’ve learned. What’s new: Researchers are seeking ways to remove the influence of particular training examples, such as an individual’s personal information, from a trained model without affecting its performance, Wired reported.
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User Privacy Versus Child Safety: Apple to scan user phones for images of child abuse.
Apple, which has made a point of its commitment to user privacy, announced that it will scan iPhones for evidence of child abuse. The tech giant will include a machine learning model on the device.
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User Privacy Versus Child Safety: Apple to scan user phones for images of child abuse.
Apple, which has made a point of its commitment to user privacy, announced that it will scan iPhones for evidence of child abuse. The tech giant will include a machine learning model on the device.
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Shots in the Dark: Evidence shows Shotspotter altered evidence for police.
A crime-fighting AI company altered evidence to please police, a new investigation claims — the latest in a rising chorus of criticism. ShotSpotter modified the system’s findings in some cases.
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Shots in the Dark: Evidence shows Shotspotter altered evidence for police.
A crime-fighting AI company altered evidence to please police, a new investigation claims — the latest in a rising chorus of criticism. ShotSpotter modified the system’s findings in some cases.
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When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.
Some delivery drivers fired by Amazon contend that the retailer’s automated management system played an unfair role in terminating their employment. Drivers in Amazon Flex, an Uber-like program that enables independent drivers to earn money delivering the company’s packages.
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When Algorithms Manage Humans: Amazon drivers say AI unfairly graded their performance.
Some delivery drivers fired by Amazon contend that the retailer’s automated management system played an unfair role in terminating their employment. Drivers in Amazon Flex, an Uber-like program that enables independent drivers to earn money delivering the company’s packages.
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s AI: Computer vision system can see wildfire smoke.
An automated early warning system is alerting firefighters to emerging blazes.
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