Jun 02 Oregon dropping AI tool used to help decide child abuse cases By Sally Ho, Garance Burke, Associated Press Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions. Continue reading
Oct 08 White House proposes tech ‘bill of rights’ to safeguard against harmful use of biometric data By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or assess their emotional or mental states and character. Continue reading
Apr 29 Analysis: How marketers could use voice-profiling to sell you more stuff By Joseph Turow, The Conversation Marketers will soon be able to use AI-assisted vocal analysis to gain insights into shoppers' inclinations – without people knowing what they're revealing or how that information is being interpreted. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 6:47 Russia ‘launders’ disinformation by using fake personas, U.S. writers By Nick Schifrin The U.S. intelligence community has made it clear that when it comes to foreign interference in American elections, 2016 was only the beginning. As November approaches, efforts to persuade voters and sow disinformation and mistrust are growing. Nick Schifrin reports… Continue watching
May 19 Google says it won’t build AI tools for oil and gas drillers By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon. Continue reading
Mar 03 U.S. senators scrutinize web-scraping facial recognition startup By Associated Press Clearview AI has drawn attention following investigative reports about its practice of harvesting billions of photos from social media and other services to identify people. Continue reading
Feb 24 Pentagon adopts new ethical principles for using AI in war By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The new principles call for people to "exercise appropriate levels of judgment and care" when deploying and using AI systems, such as those that scan aerial imagery to look for targets. But the principles fall short of stronger restrictions favored… Continue reading
Feb 20 Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite By Matt O'Brien, Christina Larson, Associated Press The first public alert outside China about the novel coronavirus came on Dec. 30 from the automated HealthMap system at Boston Children's Hospital. Continue reading
Jan 20 Google CEO calls for regulation of artificial intelligence By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press “There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. The question is how best to approach this,” Sundar Pichai said. Continue reading
Jan 07 Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Facebook says it is forbidding the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and sophisticated tools. But the policy leaves plenty of loopholes. Continue reading