The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras
A new video from human rights organization Amnesty International maps the locations of more than 15,000 cameras used by the
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AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language
In recent years, researchers have used artificial intelligence to improve translation between programming languages or automatically fix problems. The AI
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Twitter’s Photo Crop Algorithm Favors White Faces and Women
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
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It’s True. Everyone IS Multitasking on Their Video Calls
The etiquette for remote work meetings is weird. You don’t have to wear pants, but allowing your eyes to dart
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This Researcher Says AI Is Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
Technology companies like to portray artificial intelligence as a precise and powerful tool for good. Kate Crawford says that mythology
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AI Helps Prove Two Scribes Wrote Text of a Dead Sea Scroll
Most of the scribes who copied the text contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls were anonymous, as they neglected to
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Could ‘The Simpsons’ Replace Its Voice Actors With AI?
One one hand, contracts may limit what the studio is allowed to do with the recordings. Added to that are
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Opinion | America Wakes Up to the China Threat
In last week’s column, I made the case that China’s investments in technology posed a challenge to American leadership, and
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Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help
Most artificial intelligence is still built on a foundation of human toil. Peer inside an AI algorithm and you’ll find
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Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Now Armed—in the Name of Art
In Spot’s Rampage, the robot roams an art gallery with a paintball gun. Boston Dynamics has racked up hundreds of
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