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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Text File that Runs the Internet
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of Web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the Web...
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Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How to Make AI Tools Responsibly
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone.
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Google Using AI to Update Business Hours on Google Maps
The predictions are run by humans along the way.
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Winning the War on Ransomware
The DoJ's task force is changing the landscape around hackers, but will it be enough?
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The Autonomous Vehicle World is Shrinking — It's Overdue
'The AV industry has promised too much for too long, and has delivered too little'
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French Army Testing Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Spot in Combat Scenarios
France's military has utilized robotics developer Boston Dynamics' four-legged Spot robot in training exercises, raising questions about the robot's future applications...
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Amazon Deploys AI 'Distance Assistants' to Notify Warehouse Workers if They Get Too Close
Amazon has deployed a new artificial intelligence tool to help employees follow social distancing rules.
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Computer Virus Has Thrown Philadelphia's Court System Into Chaos
A computer virus has crippled Philadelphia's online court system for more than three weeks, raising issues about how cities can respond when essential services...
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New Toronto Declaration Calls on Algorithms to Respect Human Rights
"In a world of machine learning systems, who will bear accountability for harming human rights?"
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OLPC’s $100 Laptop was Going to Change the World — Then it All Went Wrong
It was supposed to be the laptop that saved the world.
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Microsoft CEO readies big shakeup, drops devices and services focus
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent an email to all employees today outlining the company’s ambitions for the new financial year.
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The Plot to Kill the Password
Last Friday, Samsung's new Galaxy S5 arrived with an unexpected and underhyped feature.
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The Story of Cortana, Microsoft's Siri Killer
Technically, Cortana isn't supposed to exist for at least another 500 years, but that's not stopping Microsoft from bringing her to life this week.
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Broken News: Struggling to Find Facts in the Twitter Maelstrom
As with Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings, and countless other major stories, news of the shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport was sometimes...
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Watch Out, Wall Street: Report Says Tech Is Now Nyc's Second-Largest Sector
New York City's economy has traditionally been dominated by finance, real estate, and media.
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Barons of Bitcoin: The Tokyo-Based Powerhouse that Controls the World's Virtual Money
The virtual currency Bitcoin isn't backed by any assets or central authority.
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