“In the US, the government is planning to deploy face recognition at 20 airports by 2021. In June 2018, the suspect in the shooting at a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, was identified using facial recognition technology. 55% of Americans indeed approve the use of facial recognition for public safety. Last year, the police of…
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Google’s DeepMind asks what it means for AI to fail
“The authors did just that, in a paper published in December. “We learn an adversarial value function which predicts from experience which situations are most likely to cause failures for the agent.” The agent in this case refers to a reinforcement learning agent. “We then use this learned function for optimisation to focus the evaluation…
This Yacht’s Artificial Intelligence Can Navigate the Ocean and Teach You Yoga—at the Same Time
“While design sets the 78 apart, it’s the Furrion electronics package that pushes Adonis over the top. The yacht is equipped with the best of Furrion technology, from audio and video to a smart chef’s kitchen. And controlling it all is an angel. Move over Siri and Alexa, Angel is here. This virtual concierge with…
How AR, AI play into delivering a personalized shopping journey
Enhance store navigation with AR “The widespread use of smart phones makes the device a primary target for implementing AR technology. With smart phones comes mobile apps, and those that feature personalized AR navigation can help retailers deliver a new level of customer engagement in-store. Whether a consumer wants to search for a product by…
Apple quietly absorbed a company that makes AI cameras for people’s homes
“A Cisco report estimates that connected home applications, such as home automation, home security, and video surveillance, connected white goods, and tracking applications, will represent 48% of the total machine-to-machine connections by 2022.” https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-reportedly-absorbed-lighthouse-a-firm-that-makes-ai-cameras-2019-3