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White House Announces Select Committee of Federal AI Experts
The new interagency group will coordinate artificial intelligence programs and research across government.
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Here’s How to Make Alexa the Default Assistant on an Android Phone
Talk to your preferred digital assistant on the go.
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Amazon, Facebook and Other Tech Giants Will Talk AI With White House
Executives from nearly 40 companies will discuss ramifications and regulations of artificial intelligence with White House officials.
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Driverless Car Startup Drive.ai Is Launching a Ride-Hailing Service in Texas
Drive.ai was founded in late 2015 by a group of deep-learning experts at Stanford University.
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Data May Be The New Oil But Artificial Intelligence Is The Engine That It Fuels
Balancing benefits and risks will continue to be a challenge for federal agencies.
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Chrome Will Now Block Annoying Autoplaying Videos
Google will learn its user preferences over time.
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AI Is the New Space Race. Here’s What the Biggest Countries Are Doing
Unlike space, there’s no clear finish line.
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200,000 Volunteers Have Become the Fact Checkers of the Internet
The creation process of Wikipedia is largely transparent.
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Artificial Intelligence for Policing Stirs Ethics Concerns
A top body camera company has launched a panel to explore the issue. Civil rights and privacy groups aren't totally satisfied.
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Tax Fraud
Machine-learning technology can serve as a valuable tool for tax auditors, but what is the best technique?
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Experts Say AI Could Raise the Risks of Nuclear War
A new RAND report says ideas like mutually assured destruction and minimal deterrence strategy offer a lot less assurance in the age of intelligent software.
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What Agency Leaders Need to Consider As They Update IT Systems
Building on old foundations doesn't make sense.
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The Pentagon Is Building an AI Product Factory
Job One for the new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will be delivering solutions for services’ specific problems.
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Eric Schmidt Didn’t Know That Google Was Working the Pentagon’s AI Project
The former chairman of Google was kept in the dark about the company’s outreach to the Defense Department — by design, he says.
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Why Agencies Should Be Tech Agnostic When Solving Problems
Don’t miss the forest for the trees, General Services Administration's emerging tech official said.
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Eric Schmidt Didn’t Know That Google Was Working the Pentagon's AI Project
The former chairman of Google was kept in the dark about the company’s outreach to the Defense Department — by design, he says.
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The Billion-Dollar, Alibaba-Backed AI Company That’s Quietly Watching People in China
SenseTime is one of a handful of companies at the forefront of China’s artificial intelligence boom.
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GSA Is Giving a Bird's Eye View of Emerging Government Tech
The initiative aims to cut through the “bureaucracy” that blinds federal techies to other agencies’ projects.
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AI Experts Want Government Algorithms to Be Studied Like Environmental Hazards
They also believe automated decision-making systems should be continuously monitored.
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