Yesterday, the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) confirmed that it has hired Alka Patel to take the reins on the implementation of the JAIC's new ethical principles regarding AI …
White House Touts a Year of AI Initiatives in Roundup Report
On Wednesday, the White House released a report on progress in the development of artificial intelligence technologies over the past year after announcing a big push in the industry in 2019. The White …
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Data breach exposes Clearview AI client list
Clearview AI is a United States-based company that develops facial recognition technology. The startup's technology is deployed by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US for various different …
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Canada Privacy Watchdog Probes Facial Recognition Startup
Last Friday, Canada's privacy watchdog agency announced that it was conducting an investigation into US-based company Clearview for its use of AI and machine learning to match images of unknown faces …
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NOAA to Use Microsoft AI to Advance Protection of Endangered Species
On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they plan to deploy AI systems this spring to boost researchers' monitoring of endangered beluga whales, ice seals, and …
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Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AI
The Defense Department released a draft of rules that govern how the government develops and uses artificial intelligence in October titled Recommendations on the Ethical Use of Artificial …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) And The Law: Helping Lawyers While Avoiding Biased Algorithms
Many experts warn that the use of artificial intelligence creates several challenges regarding biases, especially when employed in a legal setting. AI learns from data that perpetuates existing human …
Deep Learning Has Limits. But Its Commercial Impact Has Just Begun.
In recent months, the limitations of deep learning have been questioned by the AI community. Throughout several platforms, notably Twitter and the premier AI conference NeurIPS, AI researchers have …
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Highway Administration to Explore How AI and Blockchain Can Transform Transportation
The Federal Highway Administration launched a research program earlier this week in an attempt to bring in transformational changes and advances in highway engineering through the use of artificial …
Presidential Advisers Push for National Network to Support Quantum and AI Advancement
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) had its first meeting on Monday, establishing a short term agenda and determining its focus on quantum computing and artificial …