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Brazil is emerging as a world-class AI innovation hub

January 13, 2020
Brazil’s government has big plans for AI, despite having come late to the party. In Oxford Insights’ AI Readiness Index 2019, Brazil was ranked 40 out of 192 countries, a sign that the South American powerhouse is moving up in the AI world. The report looks at how ready countries are to take advantage of the AI technologies PwC forecasts will add $15 trillion to the global economy by 2030. The…
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Gary Shapiro on CES 2020: Ivanka Trump, privacy, 5G, AI, and health care

January 8, 2020
Gary Shapiro is the longtime CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, and he has played a lot of roles over the years in that job. Shapiro presides over CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. He plays the seer, as the author of a couple of best-selling books about the future of technology. He’s a policy wonk who promotes the consumer electronics industry’s views in…
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Google Assistant will serve as translator for American Airlines lounge guests

January 8, 2020
Google Assistant’s interpreter mode is helping travelers feel more at home in select American Airlines lounges. The airline has started testing the feature, which we first saw at CES 2019, running on Google Nest Hubs at Los Angeles International Airport’s Admirals Club lounges in Terminals 4 and 5. Assistant’s interpreter mode can translate 29 languages, including Arabic, French…
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White House cautions against over-regulating AI in new guidelines

January 7, 2020
Today, the White House proposed 10 principles for federal agencies to consider when regulating artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. The guidelines stress limiting regulatory “overreach” and encourage Europe and other allies to “avoid heavy handed innovation-killing models.” The guidelines instruct federal agencies to “conduct risk assessment and cost-benefit…
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