Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Seeks a List of Ethical Principles for Using AI in War
An advisory board is drafting guidelines that may help shape worldwide norms for military artificial intelligence — and woo Silicon Valley to defense work.
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How AI Found Flint’s Lead Pipes, and Then Humans Lost Them
A machine-learning model showed promising results, but city officials and their engineering contractor abandoned it.
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The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019
More cyber brinkmanship and super smart artificial intelligence are just a couple forecasts industry leaders divined for the coming year.
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U.S. Spies Want to Know How to Identify Compromised AI
The intelligence community's research arm wants to be able to tell if someone is tampering with training data.
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In a Test of Voice Assistants, Microsoft’s Ranked Worst in Nearly Every Category
A study this year found a clear leader and a clear laggard.
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This Year the World Woke Up to the Problems with AI Everywhere
Bias is just one of the problems.
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How Machine Learning and AI Can Predict Gentrification
New research from the Urban Studies journal uses London as a test site to show how machine learning can predict which neighborhoods will gentrify next.
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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.
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With AI, Your Next Job Could Be 'Flying Car Developer' Or 'Cyber Calamity Forecaster'
Can man and machine can co-exist at work?
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Homeland Security Delegation Visits Asia for Emerging Tech Ideas
An agency group is going abroad for ideas about 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity.
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How Federal Agencies Can Take a 'Quantum Leap' in Computing
The first step is to come together.
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Report: Tech Shops Don't See Themselves Driving Change
Nearly 60 percent of civilian tech specialists cited insufficient funding as a major barrier to IT modernization.
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Fighting Deepfakes Will Require More Than Technology
When technology is part of the problem, can you count on it to be part of the solution?
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Pentagon Needs a Faster Buying Process to Adopt Artificial Intelligence
The Defense Department needs a startup mentality for the emerging tech, agency CIO Dana Deasy said.
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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."
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IARPA Is Trying Keep Adversaries From Corrupting AI Tools
Could cyber adversaries be training the government’s artificial intelligence tools to fail?
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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.
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Marines Turn to Artificial Intelligence to Better Deploy Troops
The tool could help top brass determine which battalions and gear are most prepared for battle.
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Pentagon Travel Record Breach Highlights Impact of Hacker Dwell Time
The more data an organization has, the more places hackers have to hide for days, weeks or sometimes years.
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