Artificial Intelligence
Google Created a ‘Responsible Innovation Team’ to Check If Its AI Is Ethical
It’s no longer left to individual programmers to decide on their own if something is designed ethically.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Didn’t Sell Your Data; It Gave It Away
In exchange for even more data about you from Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Microsoft, and others
Cybersecurity
NASA Reveals It Had a Security Breach in October
The agency is investigating the incident.
Emerging Tech
Twitter Is Facing More Global Government Demands For Content Removal Than Ever Before
Countries around the world are making these requests.
Artificial Intelligence
With AI, Your Next Job Could Be 'Flying Car Developer' Or 'Cyber Calamity Forecaster'
Can man and machine can co-exist at work?
Cybersecurity
Tech Giants Didn’t Spot Russia Paying For 2016 Disinformation With Rubles
Russian phone numbers were also used as contact information.
Cybersecurity
Poor Security Could Leave U.S. Defenseless Against Missile Attacks
The details of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system are vulnerable to inside and outside threats, the Defense Department inspector general found.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Faces Another Privacy Scandal
This time it's over user photos that have been exposed.
Cybersecurity
The Government’s Bioterror-Response Website May Be Leaking Sensitive Data
Homeland Security inspectors and a whistleblower say the site, which would be used to coordinate federal responses to a bioterror attack, isn’t secure.
Cybersecurity
The Equifax Breach Affecting Nearly Half of Americans Was 'Entirely Preventable'
The credit bureau breach remains one of the biggest known data thefts.
Emerging Tech
New Facebook Patent Predicts Your Location Before You Get There
It's like location tracking...but in the future.
Emerging Tech
China’s Electric Cars Are Government Spies
There are currently 1.4 million electric cars providing data, including real-time location.
Emerging Tech
The Future of Software Isn’t an App. It’s a Habit
This is especially true in the age of the smart speaker.
Cybersecurity
CBP Officers Aren’t Deleting Data After Warrantless Device Searches, IG Says
An inspector general report found Border Patrol officers didn’t follow standard procedures during device searches, mostly because those procedures weren’t clearly laid out.
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon And Microsoft Claim AI Can Read Human Emotions. Experts Say the Science Is Shaky
“The problem is now AI is being applied in a lot of social contexts."
Artificial Intelligence
IARPA Is Trying Keep Adversaries From Corrupting AI Tools
Could cyber adversaries be training the government’s artificial intelligence tools to fail?
Artificial Intelligence
Think Tank Offers AI Strategy Pointers for White House, Congress
The Center for Data Innovation released a report with six goals and 40 recommendations to keep the U.S. at the forefront of artificial intelligence.
Digital Government