by crissly | Jun 21, 2022 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Application / Ethics, AI Hub / Application / Surveillance, AI Hub / Application / Text analysis, AI Hub / End User / Government, AI Hub / Sector / Defense, AI Hub / Sector / Public safety, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Source Data / Text, AI Hub / Technology / Machine learning, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, Security, Security / National Security
In one example of the IC’s successful use of AI, after exhausting all other avenues—from human spies to signals intelligence—the US was able to find an unidentified WMD research and development facility in a large Asian country by locating a bus that traveled between...
by crissly | May 26, 2021 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Application / Ethics, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Source Data / Sensors, AI Hub / Technology / Machine learning, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, Ideas
When the European Union Commission released its regulatory proposal on artificial intelligence last month, much of the US policy community celebrated. Their praise was at least partly grounded in truth: The world’s most powerful democratic states haven’t sufficiently...
by crissly | May 19, 2021 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Application / Content moderation, AI Hub / Application / Ethics, AI Hub / Application / Recommendation algorithm, AI Hub / End User / Big company, AI Hub / End User / Consumer, AI Hub / Sector / Social media, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence
Last fall, Canadian student Colin Madland noticed that Twitter’s automatic cropping algorithm continually selected his face—not his darker-skinned colleague’s—from photos of the pair to display in tweets. The episode ignited accusations of bias as a flurry of Twitter...
by crissly | May 12, 2021 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Source Data / Sensors, AI Hub / Technology / Machine learning, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, Ideas
A new form of digital currency for animals, trees, and other wildlife (no, not like Dogecoin) would help protect biodiversity and bend technology back to...
by crissly | Apr 12, 2021 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Application / Human-computer interaction, AI Hub / Company / Nvidia, AI Hub / End User / Big company, AI Hub / Sector / Manufacturing, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Source Data / Sensors, AI Hub / Technology / Machine learning, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, AI Hub / Technology / Robotics, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence
German carmaker BMW plans to start making drivetrains for electric vehicles at a vast factory in Regensburg, Bavaria, later in 2021. Well before any new parts roll off the production line, the entire manufacturing process will run in stunningly realistic detail inside...
