Autonomy Becomes Autonomous: Beijing Allows Self-Driving Cars From Baidu and Pony
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Autonomy Becomes Autonomous: Beijing Allows Self-Driving Cars From Baidu and Pony

In Beijing, self-driving cars are rolling without a driver behind the wheel. China’s capital city authorized Pony.ai and Apollo Go, a Baidu subsidiary, to deploy self-driving taxis without a human in the driver’s seat.

May 4, 20221 min read
Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic
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Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic

Odds are that the next mass contagion will jump to humans from animals. But which species? Virus hunters are using learning algorithms to learn which animals are likely to carry microbes that pose a danger to humans.

May 4, 20222 min read
Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic
Tech & Society

Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic

Odds are that the next mass contagion will jump to humans from animals. But which species? Virus hunters are using learning algorithms to learn which animals are likely to carry microbes that pose a danger to humans.

May 4, 20222 min read
How To Build Truly Free Social Networks
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How To Build Truly Free Social Networks

It's official: Elon Musk will buy Twitter, pending approval of the transaction by the company's stockholders and the U.S. government.

April 27, 20222 min read
How To Build Truly Free Social Networks
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How To Build Truly Free Social Networks

It's official: Elon Musk will buy Twitter, pending approval of the transaction by the company's stockholders and the U.S. government.

April 27, 20222 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots
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Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots

An experimental AI system is helping train the next generation of fighter pilots. The U.S. Air Force is using deep learning to evaluate the progress of around 50 pilots in one of its training squadrons, Popular Science reported.

April 27, 20222 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots
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Training Mission: AI Helps Train Air Force Fighter Pilots

An experimental AI system is helping train the next generation of fighter pilots. The U.S. Air Force is using deep learning to evaluate the progress of around 50 pilots in one of its training squadrons, Popular Science reported.

April 27, 20222 min read
Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War
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Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War

Face recognition is identifying people who have been killed, displaced, or recorded perpetrating alleged war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Clearview AI made its face recognition system freely available to the Ukrainian government.

April 13, 20222 min read
Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War
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Seeing Through the Fog of War: How Clearview AI is Being Used in the 2022 Ukraine War

Face recognition is identifying people who have been killed, displaced, or recorded perpetrating alleged war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Clearview AI made its face recognition system freely available to the Ukrainian government.

April 13, 20222 min read
AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials
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AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials

The European Union approved for clinical use an AI system that recognizes normal chest X-rays. ChestLink is the first autonomous computer vision system to earn the European Economic Area’s CE mark for medical devices...

April 13, 20221 min read
AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials
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AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials

The European Union approved for clinical use an AI system that recognizes normal chest X-rays. ChestLink is the first autonomous computer vision system to earn the European Economic Area’s CE mark for medical devices...

April 13, 20221 min read
Animal Animations From Video: ZooBuilder AI Tool Converts Animal Videos into Animations'
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Animal Animations From Video: ZooBuilder AI Tool Converts Animal Videos into Animations'

A video game studio is looking to machine learning to cut the effort and expense of populating three-dimensional scenes with animated animals.

April 6, 20222 min read
The Hammer Drops: Government Fines Company for Misusing Child Data
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The Hammer Drops: Government Fines Company for Misusing Child Data

The U.S. government punished an app vendor for building an algorithm based on ill-gotten data. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. agency in charge of consumer protection, ruled that an app developed by WW International (formerly Weight Watchers) violated data-collection laws.

April 6, 20222 min read

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