“Now AI2 wants to kill two birds with one stone. On Tuesday, it announced a new challenge called RoboTHOR (THOR for The House Of inteRactions—yes, really). The challenge specifically asks teams to develop algorithms that can get a robot from a random starting location within a room to an object in that room just by…
Month: February 2020
Why Clearview AI is a threat to us all
“However, the technology itself isn’t an issue, it’s how the company acquired its 3 billion-image database: Clearview scraped images from our collective social media profiles. According to the company, more than 600 police departments across the US reportedly use the Clearview service — including the FBI and DHS. “The weaponization possibilities of this are endless,”…
Diana Ma, This Laker’s Data Scientist Is NBA’s Best Kept Secret
“Today, in the U.S., less than 25% of STEM jobs are filled by women. Diana Ma is headlining the #LightaSpark campaign. She’s a data scientist with a passion for basketball. She works for the Lakers. She loves to analyze plays, movements, positions, and performance to help players win.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/02/11/diana-ma-this-lakers-data-scientist-is-nbas-best-kept-secret/amp/
VB Special Issue: AI and Security
“In this issue Is AI cybersecurity’s salvation or its greatest threat? AI, automation, and the cybersecurity skills gap Deepfakes and deep media: A new security battleground The persistent humanity in AI and cybersecurity When car and home AI cameras see everything, are we truly more secure? How AI is fighting — and could enable —…
As Western Massachusetts banks merge and add technology, customers still demand face-to-face service
“’People still need to see you,’ said John F. Heaps Jr., president and CEO of Florence Bank, who will retire in May after 25 years of leading his bank. ‘I’ve used to term ‘bricks equal clicks.’ Maybe soon you can get advice not from a machine, but through a machine. Holyoke-based PeoplesBank is one of…