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Microsoft urges government to regulate facial recognition systems
Facial recognition technology is a controversial topic. Scores of investors and consumer advocacy groups rallied against Amazon for providing its face-detecting artificial intelligence (AI) to local...
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U.S. lets ZTE resume business by lifting supplier ban
(Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on U.S. companies selling goods to ZTE, allowing China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. The...
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NASA announces the first winners of the crowdsourced contest to design its...
NASA, if you haven’t heard, is partially crowdsourcing the design of its next robot. And today, it announced which teams’ submissions are destined for orbit. Mechanical engineering student Nino...
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Egypt threatens Apple with legal action over anti-competitive pricing
Regional pricing for Apple products has always varied from U.S. MSRPs, but Egyptian consumers are paying as much as 50 percent more than their neighbors.Read More
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Apple’s new Transparency Report page details government data requests
An attractive new section of Apple's website shows just how many government requests the company receives for user data, on a per-country basis.Read More
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Like it or not, the government is a tech company’s best friend
For both business and ethical reasons, tech companies should work closely with the U.S. government, the country's single largest customer.Read More
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Intel claims Aurora will be the first U.S. supercomputer to hit 1 exaflop
Intel says it'll deliver the first exaflop computer in the U.S. -- Aurora -- to the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago by 2021.Read More
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U.S. shifts to require strict 5G security from allies, not Huawei bans
Although the United States worked throughout 2018 and early 2019 to block Huawei gear from being used in 5G networks, it's now open to another alternative.Read More
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Huawei would reportedly sell 5G chips to Apple, if U.S. ban isn’t an issue
The Chinese company is apparently interested in selling Apple the modems for 5G iPhones, but if so, scrutiny of the deal would be off the charts.Read More
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Facial recognition moratorium receives bipartisan support in Congress
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress plan legislation to address facial recognition software use by government.Read More
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Cowardly kowtowing to China means Hong Kong blood is on Apple’s hands
Apple has given into Chinese government demands yet again, this time imperiling the safety of Hong Kong residents in the process.Read More
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Voice cloning experts cover crime, positive use cases, and safeguards
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission held a seminar on voice cloning technologies this week, where panelists proposed safeguards and various use cases.Read More
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AI Weekly: Restricting surveillance technologies is a strong first step, but...
New laws and regulations are curbing law enforcement's use of surveillance technologies, but that might not be enough.Read More
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Mugshots from U.S. Customs and Border Protection database leaked onto the...
An inspector general report found that a data breach last year resulted in at least 19 mugshots of people from a CBP database leaking onto the dark web.Read More
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Cogniac raises $10 million for AI that spots visual changes for industrial...
Cogniac, a company developing an AI platform for visual task inspection and automation, has raised $10 million to expand its market reach.Read More
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CBP expands facial recognition program to international travelers at San...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding a controversial facial recognition program to airports in San Jose and San Francisco.Read More
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Microsoft and OpenAI propose automating U.S. tech export controls
Microsoft and OpenAI propose using 'digital' approaches to previously manual means of controlling U.S. technology exports.Read More
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U.S. NHTSA opens AV TEST autonomous vehicle tracking program to ‘all...
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced an expansion to AV TEST, a program that aims to shed light on autonomous vehicle testing.Read More
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Biden should double down on Trump’s policy of promoting AI within government
The current administration should not only maintain the policy of promoting government use of AI, it should make it a priority.Read More
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Computer vision development platform CrowdAI raises $6.25M
CrowdAI, a platform for developing computer vision algorithms, has raised $6.25 million in venture capital.Read More
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Microsoft to drive Italy’s digital transformation with defense partner
Microsoft and defense contractor Leonardo will work on security, cloud, and process automation as part of Itay's data and cloud initiatives.Read More
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AI Weekly: NIST proposes ways to identify and address AI bias
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing ways to identify and address bias in AI systems.Read More
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AI Weekly: UN proposes moratorium on ‘risky’ AI while ICLR solicits blog posts
The U.N. Human Rights Council called for a moratorium on 'risky' AI. Meanwhile, ICLR is soliciting blog posts from AI researchers.Read More
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Slack launches new media sharing features and government tier
At Dreamforce, Salesforce launched new Slack features including a tool that lets users embed media in direct messages and threads.Read More
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AI technology could reshape the U.S. government, but should it?
Federal spending on AI in the U.S. rose by 50% between 2018 and 2020, making it the fastest rate of growth for any emerging technology.Read More
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Former cybersecurity leader says U.S. government can improve cybersecurity...
Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity leader Christopher Krebs laughed off the question without comment at the IT Symposium hosted by research firm Gartner this week: “How would you...
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AI Weekly: Defense Department proposes new guidelines for developing AI...
The U.S. Defense Department's Defense Innovation Unit has proposed new ethics guidelines for private contractors developing AI systems.Read More
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Hungarian gov teams up with Eastern European bank to develop AI supercomputer
OTP Bank and the government agreed that Hungarian was unlikely to get its own AI language model soon if they didn't take the initiative.Read More
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Microsoft unveils Azure OpenAI Service for government & AI customer commitments
Microsoft announced its new Azure OpenAI Service for government and the tech giant unveiled a new set of three AI commitments to its customersRead More
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White House unveils AI.gov in a historic move towards comprehensive AI oversight
The White House has unveiled AI.gov, a new website showcasing the federal government’s efforts and achievements in artificial intelligence.Read More
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