The Future of AI Policy in the UK
UK’s AI Council – an independent government advisory body – published its AI Roadmap.
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‘Orwellian’ AI lie detector project challenged in EU court
A legal challenge was heard today in Europe’s Court of Justice in relation to a controversial EU-funded research project using artificial intelligence for facial “lie detection” with the aim of speeding up immigration checks.
Police To Use A Network Of 1,000 “Anveshak” AI Cameras To “Spotlight” A Person’s Every Movement
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have figured out a way to turn a vast network of CCTV cameras into one massive surveillance network, which can target a specific vehicle or person.
Commission reveals details on future EU robotics policy
Robotics technologies in the EU could come under the scope of new rules as part of a series of efforts to ensure the safety of next-generation technologies, it has emerged.
The Creeping Normalization of Robotic Police Officers
Robotic police officers are a rare novelty right now, but as law enforcement agencies across the world buy them, they’re quickly becoming normalized.
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos
An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images.
App Claims It Can Detect ‘Trustworthiness’
Experts say an algorithm can’t determine whether you can be trusted by analyzing your face or voice. But that’s not stopping this company from trying.
Timnit Gebru’s team at Google is going public with their side of the story
Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher.
Google Researcher Fired For Paper on AI Bias
Timnit Gebru, a well-respected Google researcher, one of the few Black women in her field, said she was fired by […]
New Report Finds That Criminals Leverage AI for Malicious Use – And It’s Not Just Deep Fakes
A jointly developed new report by Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and Trend Micro […]
Canadian privacy watchdog publishes recommendations on regulating use of AI
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the OPC) yesterday outlined recommendations for regulating the use of artificial intelligence, […]
Canada crawling toward AI regulatory regime, but experts say reform is urgent
Alberta and B.C. privacy commissioners has no authority to levy fines against the any companies that violate Canadians’ personal information, […]