AI is Increasingly Being Used to Identify Emotions – Here’s What’s at Stake
By Alexa Hagerty, University of Cambridge and Alexandra Albert, UCL Imagine you are in a job interview. As you answer the recruiter’s questions, an artificial…
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Officials Use COVID To Create Statewide Vehicle Surveillance Programs Run By Rekor Systems
By MassPrivateI Cash-strapped states are using COVID as an excuse to create AI-driven vehicle recognition or license plate reader surveillance programs. As Rekor Systems president…
FDA Authorizes First Machine Learning-based COVID-19 Non-diagnostic Screening Device
By News Medical Life Sciences The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first machine learning-based Coronavirus Disease 2019…
Meet “Stretch” — The Warehouse-Worker Union-Busting Robot From Boston Dynamics
By Tyler Durden Boston Dynamics on Monday revealed a new warehouse robot called “Stretch,” designed to move 800 boxes per hour, equivalent to a typical human employee….
Predictive Policing Banned in 4 Cities. More Soon?
By Michael Boldin Little more than a dystopian pre-crime government credit score, predictive policing started out as a military intelligence application and is being deployed…
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign “Biometric Consent” Form or Lose Job
By Lauren Kaori Gurley Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a “biometric consent” form this week that grants the tech behemoth permission to use…
Predictive Policing: Weaponizing Data and Location
By Michael Boldin Often funded by federal grant programs and even operated out of federally-designated fusion centers, “predictive policing” software is showing up in more…
Nation’s Largest Ag Opportunity Zone Gets AI And Blockchain Makeover
In June 2019, I wrote Opportunity Zones: A Technocrat Deception To Plunder America. OZs provide massive tax shelters for the super-rich and provide the gateway…
How India’s New Internet Regulations Will Change Social Media, Online News and Video Streaming
By Rohith Jyothish India introduced on February 25 broad new regulations to social media, online news websites, and streaming platforms, which experts say could seriously change the…
A World Beguiled by “Techno-Voodooism”
By Mathew Maavak What happens when systems cross the threshold of peak complexity and can no longer be improved in their current forms? Decision-makers can…
Activists and Rights Groups Sue Clearview AI, Warning “We Won’t Be Safe” Until Facial Recognition Firm Is Gone
By Brett Wilkins A group of civil liberties advocates and immigrant rights organizations on Tuesday sued Clearview AI in a Northern California court, alleging that…
Google Veterans Team Up With Government to Fill the Sky with AI Drones That Predict Your Behavior
By Matt Agorist Imagine in the near future, a swarm of tiny drones patrolling the skies across the country. These drones are not being flown…
Resurrecting the Dead … Digitally: One Step Closer to the “Singularity”
By Robert Wheeler In 2017, Microsoft revealed it had patented a “chatbot” that could digitally resurrect the dead if actually built. The chatbot uses AI…
Local Police Departments To Receive Drones With “Most Advanced AI Ever”
In anticipation of wide acceptance by local law enforcement, Skydio has already achieved a $1 billion valuation with venture capital injections. This drone-based surveillance will…