Facial recognition technologies (FRTs) are in the news again. This time, it is Clearview AI, a small company that until recently was virtually unknown to everyone except...
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Last week, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, called for new AI regulations. The next day, IBM called for rules to eliminate AI biases that can discriminate against consumers,...
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We recently covered Google’s lackadaisical approach to data privacy in the context of its partnership with Ascension, a US healthcare giant. Last month, Google was under...
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Google sets its sights on another vertical to dominate: it plans to start offering checking accounts, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The service, code-named...
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Nine privacy, social justice, and consumer groups have called for the US government to block Google’s $2.1-billion acquisition of Fitbit, a maker of wearable fitness...
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The US Federal Trade Commission announced both a $5-billion settlement with Facebook and a $575-million penalty against Equifax in the same week. Both were for data...
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This week's issue, the result of an intensive research dive by Berit Anderson and others on the team, was driven by the increasingly obvious question: Did Russia actually...
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The technology world has become terribly warped since modern China showed up for the dance, and very few companies have retained their culture, their missions, or, more...
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At the recent FiRe conference, Berit Anderson was interviewed by the BBC's Ed Butler on the subject of Russian interference with the US elections and what Berit calls...
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In part two of our FiRe conference review, we continue the session synopses, including documentaries that change the world, the future of work for humans and machines,...
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