“Amazon had also said last month that more than 100 million Alexa devices had been sold to date, including the Echo Dot and other Echo-branded devices, along with those from third-parties. Google, of course, quickly responded with a note that its Assistant AI will be on a billion devices by the end of January. A…
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AR Shopping Apps to Help You Avoid Buyer’s Remorse
“We’ve all become accustomed to online shopping, but it has its limits. Every full shopping cart comes with it the risk of a letdown when your order arrives. The color, the size, the look, any number of things could be off and require the most dreaded of tasks: returning through the mail. Enter augmented reality….
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…
Amazon sets conference on robotics, artificial intelligence
“The re:MARS conference in Las Vegas will include “visionary talks, interactive workshops, technical deep dives, roundtables, hands-on demos, and more,” an Amazon statement said. The conference called Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space on June 4-7 grew out of a private, invite-only event hosted by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in recent years. “We’re at the…
A New York City lawmaker is taking on companies that mine your face -FastCompany
[Photo: Randallbritten/Wikimedia Commons] “Amazon has lately courted controversy with its Rekognition service, a facial scanning software used by law enforcement agencies like ICE, as well as many of its other cloud customers. Facebook is well known for its facial recognition algorithm, allowing the company to identify users and target ads at them accordingly. Last month, Microsoft’s…