“In the view of Mr. Pailhès and others, China is a government-controlled surveillance state. In the American model, coming from Silicon Valley in California, a handful of internet companies become big winners and society is treated as a data-generating resource to be strip mined. The era of moving fast and breaking everything is coming to…
Month: January 2019
Can we trust tech giants with our faces? Google, Amazon and Microsoft can’t agree on how to protect us
Google “A top Google executive recently sent a shot across the bow of its competitors regarding face surveillance. Kent Walker, the company’s general counsel and senior vice president of global affairs, made it clear that Google — unlike Amazon and Microsoft — will not sell a face recognition product until the technology’s potential for abuse is addressed. Amazon…
Facebook backs Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence with $7.5 million
“Facebook will donate $7.5 million for the creation of The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, a research center being made to explore topics such as transparency and accountability in medical treatment and human rights in human-AI interaction. The announcement was made today during a speech by COO Sheryl Sandberg at the Digital Life Design (DLD) conference…
AI Weekly: 2018 in machine learning
“In a recent conversation, I heard someone argue that AI is basically the same as previous tech paradigm shifts, like mobile and social, which have gone from being nascent interests to permeating our daily lives. But artificial intelligence differs from such previous leaps in that it may end up infiltrating society on a level previously…
BankThink Don’t underestimate AI’s risks
“At the end of 2017, 52% of banks reported making substantial investments in AI and 66% said they planned to do so by the end of 2020. The stakes are enormous — one study found that banks that invest in AI could see their revenue increase by 34% by 2022, while another suggests that AI…