EU mulls five-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas
The European Union is considering banning facial recognition technology in public areas for up to five years, to give it time to work out how to prevent abuses, according to proposals seen by Reuters.
Mix together a bit of freely accessible facial recognition software and a free live stream of the public space, and what do you get? A powerful stalker tool.
Robot Rights? Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead
The 'robot rights' debate, and its related question of 'robot responsibility', invokes some of the most polarized positions in AI ethics. While some advocate for granting robots rights on a par...
BlackVue has an app that shows the location of drivers that opt-in. The creators say it shouldn’t be possible to track its users in bulk; we found otherwise.
A group tested Amazon's facial-recognition software on Denver City Council members. Nine of them were falsely identified as sex offenders, and in some cases the system was 92% confident they were a match https://t.co/PHBK2gWjUV @JessicaDenver7 pic.twitter.com/cpbMOax5An— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 14, 2020
1. [thread] We are filing legal complaints against six companies based on our research, revealing systematic breaches to privacy, by shadowy #OutOfControl #adtech companies gathering & sharing heaps of personal data. https://t.co/qGsiNSe7gJ #privacy pic.twitter.com/f1ReGIgUUn— Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad (@finnmyrstad) January 14, 2020
Blackbox AI – State Regulation or Corporate Responsibility?
“In the past a lot of S&P 500 CEOs wished they had started thinking sooner than they did about their Internet strategy. I think five years from now there will be a number of S&P 500 CEOs that will wish they’d started thinking earlier about their AI strategy.” Andrew Ng Introduction Artificial intelligence changes our […]
How “Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion
Telling people to “assume good intent” is a sign that if they come to you with a concern, you will minimize their feelings, police their reactions, and question their perceptions. It tells marginal…
Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
The e-commerce giant warned workers who participated in environmental protests that future comments regarding company business practices could lead to termination.
Silicon Valley Is Helping Turn Immigrant DNA into a Lucrative Industry
Arresting and deporting undocumented people has become lucrative because their biological, biometric data can be mined, harvested, and used to generate profit.
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Phones, Electric Cars and Human Rights Abuses - 5 Things You Need to Know
The phone you’re using or the electric car you’re driving could be linked to child labour. Lithium-ion batteries powering most electric vehicles and cell phones contain the mineral cobalt. According to our research, cobalt mined by children and adults in appalling conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is entering the supply chains of some of the world’s biggest brands. Short of stopping the use of phones and electric cars, is there anything you can do?
