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The ACLU Used Amazon’s Facial Recognition And It Labelled Congress Members As Criminals
The ACLU is using this demonstration to call for a moratorium on police use of facial-recognition technology.
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NIH Partners With Google Cloud to Speed Up Medical Breakthroughs
The move is part of the agency's STRIDES initiative, which gives researchers more access to cloud tools.
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AI Scanner Can Distinguish Whether An Iris is Living or Dead
No word if the technology works on zombies.
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Google Is Building “Virtual Agents” to Handle Call Centers’ Grunt Work
The company is working with at least a dozen partners.
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IBM Extends Watson Partnership With VA to Support Veterans With Cancer
Watson will keep using AI to spot patterns in patient DNA.
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Google DeepMind Researchers Join Pledge Not to Work in Lethal AI
Thousands of AI researchers sign letter forgoing work on autonomous weapons.
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Pentagon Plans to Publish Broad Artificial Intelligence Strategy ‘Within Weeks’
The report will focus on long-term plans and how it will funnel resources to developing the technology, a Defense official said.
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Google Is Using AI to See Inside the Brain Like Never Before
New data might help neuroscientists better understand the structure of the brain.
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Pentagon Sets Big Goals for Its New AI Center
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will be the hub for all projects that exceed $15 million.
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AI Is Getting Closer to Replacing Animal Testing
The algorithm can predict results from nine different tests.
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China, Russia, and the U.S. Are All Building Centers for Military AI
But their burgeoning approaches to state-sponsored research are divergent as the countries themselves.
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U.S. Needs a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, Lawmakers and Experts Say
The government is well-positioned to flag specific research areas that would have the biggest impact on national interests.
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Alexa Makes Decision-Making Easier Than Ever—By Making Your Choices For You
But what does that mean for consumers?
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DHS Awards $1.5M for Algorithms to Accelerate Airport Security
The challenge's goal was to reduce false alarms and pat-downs.
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White House Official: Bet on U.S. to Win the AI War
The federal deputy chief technology officer is confident the U.S. will win the artificial intelligence race, but China is catching up fast.
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DHS Teams Up With Canadian Counterpart to Test First Responder Tech
Among the first technologies to be tested is an application that uses artificial intelligence to help paramedics make better decisions when treating patients.
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Google’s Duplex AI Could Kill the Call Center
And little is known about how this AI system actually works.
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A Game-Changing AI Tool for Tracking Animal Movements
Scientists are already using it to study octopuses, electric fish, surgical robots, and racehorses.
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