Ben Dickson

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• How bad AI marketing led humans to take on robots' jobs

  This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. The ...

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• Smart contract hacks cost millions — this company wants to fix it

  Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. ...

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• AI is finding out when the person using your account isn't you

  To some, the future of authentication might look a little creepy. But the explosion of data and connectivity will provide ...

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• AI can kick your ass at all these games

  Since the inception of artificial intelligence in the 1950s, we’ve been trying to find ways to measure progress in the ...

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• 7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology

  While automation slowly eats away at human jobs, the demand for AI talent continues to grow at an accelerating pace. Here ...

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• This company wants to stop hackers from stealing your cryptocurrency

  At the heart of Sentinel Protocol is a decentralized threat reputation database (TRDB), which contains blockchain addresses ...

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• Meet the ‘reverse ICO,’ where existing companies run a token sale

  Reverse ICOs are executed by companies that want to decentralize themselves to remain competitive. This can be an established ...

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• Tech companies are eavesdropping on you through your smart speaker

  Would you be willing to equip your bedroom or living room with an internet-connected microphone that could record and send ...

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• GDPR is an opportunity for AI companies to build trust

  One of the domains where GDPR will leave its mark prominently is the artificial intelligence industry. Data is the bread ...

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• Tech execs can't be trusted to fix the monster they created

  Social media, smartphones, and other cutting-edge technology were supposed to improve the social experience and facilitate ...

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• How gaming can help solve cybersecurity woes

  Capture the Flag (CTF) tournaments in which participants compete to solve security problems or to attack and defend computer ...

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• How to stop people using your face for porn (or other scarier things)

  If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then a video’s worth a thousand pictures. For as long as videos have existed, ...

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