Lawmakers and ACLU push for California facial recognition banFacial-recognition technology like Rekognition analyses facial features – such as the distance between the nose and eyes – in images and live video, allowing for people captured in security camera footage to be compared against an existing database of faces (such as of people with criminal records, […]
Read moreInvestigation launched into cause of last week’s massive power cutElectricity generation from a gas-fired plant and an offshore wind farm was lost, resulting in the closure of two of London’s busiest train stations which included Clapham Junction, often claimed to be the busiest station in Europe. Business secretary Andrea Leadsom said the incident was not […]
Read moreFacebook Messenger audio recordings transcribed by contractorsFacebook’s Messenger app – the second most-popular messaging app after Facebook-owned WhatsApp – allows users to exchange written messages, images and other media, including voice recordings and transcriptions of voice recordings. The latter ‘Voice to Text’ feature was introduced in 2015. According to Bloomberg, Facebook used contract workers from […]
Read moreInstagram offers up AR toolkit to allow anyone to create face filtersThe Instagram app will be updated to allow users to create their own virtual effects which can then be applied to photos and videos posted to Instagram Stories. Spark is a platform which allows for the creation of AR filters that can be used on Facebook […]
Read moreYC-backed Eden Farm wants to cut out the middlemen between farmers and restaurants in IndonesiaEden Farm is a startup with the ambitious goal of building a food distribution network for Indonesia, where many restaurants currently rely on markets for fresh ingredients. But this means high markups and unreliable supplies for restaurant owners and lower profits […]
Read moreEnergy Vault raises $110 million from SoftBank Vision Fund as energy storage grabs headlinesImagine a moving tower made of huge cement bricks weighing 35 metric tons. The movement of these massive blocks is powered by wind or solar power plants and is a way to store the energy those plants generate. Software controls the movement […]
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Racial bias observed in hate speech detection algorithm from GoogleUnderstanding what makes something offensive or hurtful is difficult enough that many people can’t figure it out, let alone AI systems. And people of color are frequently left out of AI training sets. So it’s little surprise that Alphabet/Google -spawned Jigsaw manages to trip over both […]
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