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ACLU sues US government over its use of facial recognition at airports
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the US government over its failure to reveal details about the use of facial ...
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White House asks Silicon Valley for AI solutions to coronavirus
White House officials called on the tech sector to help combat the coronavirus with AI in a meeting with Silicon Valley heavyweights ...
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Vatican's AI ethics plan lacks the legal restrictions it needs to be effective
Microsoft and IBM have added a divine touch to their AI ethics efforts by signing a new pledge endorsed by his holiness ...
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Eric Schmidt says big tech needs government help to keep up with China
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt wants the US government to "get back in the game in a serious way" so that the country can ...
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Scientists propose new regulatory framework to make AI safer
Imperial College London scientists have proposed a new regulatory framework for AI called the Human Impact Assessment for ...
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Pentagon unveils toothless ethical principles for using AI in war
The Pentagon has unveiled five ethical principles for the use of AI by the US military, but the ambiguous guidelines won't ...
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UK police are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals
Police in the UK are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals in a pilot of a system that the government plans ...
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Leak shows EU police aim to create an international facial recognition database
EU police forces plan to build a network of national police facial recognition database that spans across every member state ...
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What if we fuck up the Moon too?
US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday gave a speech at NASA's Langley research center in Virginia where he told employees ...
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Algorithm blocks human rights investigator from entering US
Eyal Weizman, the director of investigative group Forensic Architecture was told he couldn't travel to the US because an algorithm ...
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UK plan to replace migrant carers with automation branded 'ridiculous'
The UK's government's plan to replace migrant care workers with automation has been slammed as "ridiculous" by one of the ...
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Report: Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon in exchange for saying Russia didn't hack the DNC
Breaking news out of the UK today indicates that the Judge presiding over Julian Assange's pre-trial extradition hearing ...
