This week, the Trump campaign announced it raised an impressive $54 million in the second quarter of this year. The Republican National Committee raised another $51 million. Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, says he is on track to raise over $1 billion to support Trump's reelection.

In a new preprint paper published on Arxiv.org, a team of researchers propose an AI system that classifies emotions from walking style.

That is unless you know how to delete them manually.

In a new research paper, a team of scientists created an AI model that can predict per-item and per-cart product return probability.

When ⁦@profgalloway⁩ is away, with ⁦@CaseyNewton⁩ I play. Actually a dead serious Pivot episode on his epic pieces on Facebook content moderators. https://t.co/00znSakgH5— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) June 28, 2019

Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters, to work correspondence, to unsolicited inbound sales pitches. In many ways, they are an extension of our …

Here's a perfect example of the problem of cool tech that's abusive of user data, and why we care so much about it at @6d_aihttps://t.co/Ggo0esXnDHLittle rant 👇 [1/7]— Anthony Maës (@portemantho) May 24, 2019

DeepNude will no longer be offered for sale and further versions won’t be released. The team also warned against sharing the software online, saying it would be against the app’s terms of service.

One of the biggest problems facing designers is how to create a more humane future. This has probably been the case for as long as there’s…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants the G20 summit to set the rules on how countries share data, but nations are deeply divided on the issue.

In the last five years, private companies, research institutions as well as public sector organisations have issued principles and guidelines for ethical AI, yet there is debate about both what constitutes "ethical AI" and which ethical requirements, technical standards and best practices are needed for its realization. To investigate whether a global agreement on these questions is emerging, we mapped and analyzed the current corpus of principles and guidelines on ethical AI. Our results reveal a global convergence emerging around five ethical principles (transparency, justice and fairness...

Video of pwning 🤦🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/d8y6pgGFYG— Jeff Smith (@jeffpersonified) June 25, 2019

The Jetson prototype can pick up on a unique cardiac signature from 200 meters away, even through clothes.

Google is being sued along with the University of Chicago Medical Center in a potential class-action lawsuit which accuses the tech giant of inappropriately accessing sensitive medical records belonging to hundreds of thousands of hospital patients.

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The worst case scenario? The ability for governments to keep a persistent record of everyone's public movements. New tech makes it possible.

Data brokers know everything about us because they buy and sell the personal information of millions of Americans with whom they have no direct relationship. New laws in Vermont and California aim to help users learn more about them.

Amazon and Google have made a hard push into the home security market, but civilian surveillance could have real impacts on privacy and racial profiling.

Machine learning could look at your brain to see how well you understand a given concept.

Computational surveillance empowers governments and corporations and diminishes accountability.

In response to mass shootings, some schools and hospitals are installing microphones equipped with algorithms. The devices purport to identify stress and anger before violence erupts. Our testing found them less than reliable.

Delta Air Lines announced it will give passengers who are flying out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport the option to use facial recognition to board their flight instead of a normal boarding pass.

Homeless woman seeking a custodial job can’t apply because of lack of email and cell phone - how our push to full digitization is classist and exclusionary (see also - cashless economy): https://t.co/wSP3xI7GOb— Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) June 25, 2019

Innovations in automation, mobility, society, cities, genetics, blockchain and more, by Steve LeVine. Weekday evenings

Research released this week finds that many online retailers use so-called dark patterns to influence what shoppers decide to purchase. Cracking down on the practice could be difficult.

2018 was the year of the major upheavals in technological developments and saw significant developments in machine learning, Natural Language Processing, cognitive technologies, AI-enabled marketing, augmented intelligence, predictive analytics, internet of things (IoT) and others.

An interview with French philosopher Pierre Lévy on why Elon Musk is wrong about AI.

It has become very popular to associate a product with AI. Every day, you can stumble upon a new startup using “.ai” in their URL or in…