“Footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1299947/this-is-the-week-that-the-drone-surveillance-state-became-real/
“Since half the world’s population lives within 120 miles of the coast, it thinks offshore data centers could be an efficient, low-latency way of delivering AI applications and gaming content to end users.”
“The excruciating DMCA section 1201 exemption process is upon us again, and the right to repair tractors, cars, and electronics is at stake.”
Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbxzyv/dmca-1201-exemptions
“The company plans to unveil new ethical principles about its use of AI next week.”
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/google-plans-not-to-renew-its-contract-for-project-mave-1826488620
“Communications Minister Sam Basil said the one-month shutdown would ‘allow information to be collected’ about people using the site for nefarious purposes.”
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/papua-guinea-ban-facebook-month-180530053406737.html
“Google has become the massive, powerful company that its first employees may not have envisioned.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/21/google-drops-dont-be-evil-motto.html
“Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aclu-amazon-sell-face-recognition-tech-police-55351083
“A private conversation was recorded by Amazon’s Alexa — the voice-controlled smart speaker — and the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list.”
“Rekognition is currently used by police in Orlando and Oregon’s Washington County, often using nondisclosure agreements to avoid public disclosure.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17379968/amazon-rekognition-facial-recognition-surveillance-aclu
“Around a dozen Google employees have already quit over the company’s involvement in an artificial intelligence drone program for the Pentagon called Project Maven.”
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/14/google-project-maven-employee-protest/