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Podcast: Solving AI’s black box problem

March 2, 2020
What happens when you don’t know why a smart system made a specific decision? AI’s infamous black box system is a big problem, whether you’re an engineer debugging a system or a person wondering why a facial-recognition unlock system doesn’t perform as accurately on you as it does on others. In this episode of the The AI Show, we talk about engineering knowability into smart systems. Our…
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AI can help find more places to store captured CO2 underground

March 2, 2020
Scientists dream of storing captured CO2 emissions underground, but it can be tricky to find pockets for storing those emissions — Earth’s seismic “hum” makes it difficult to spot the low-frequency waves that would best help map the subterranean landscape. That might not be a challenge in the future thanks to AI. MIT scientists have developed a machine learning system…
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Apple blocks Clearview AI's iPhone app

February 28, 2020
Won’t someone just let Clearview AI invade our privacy in peace? After having its full client list stolen and leaked on the internet, the controversial facial recognition startup is now in hot water with Apple. The iPhone maker has blocked Clearview’s iPhone…
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IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI

February 28, 2020
IBM and Microsoft have signed the Vatican’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” a pledge to develop artificial intelligence in a way that protects all people and the planet, Financial Times reports. Microsoft President Brad Smith and John Kelly, IBM’s executive vice-president, are among the first global tech leaders to sign the document. The pledge, presented to Pope…
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ProBeat: Clearview AI’s short slippery slope

February 28, 2020
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI is best known for two things: its facial recognition algorithm that lets you upload a photo to compare with its database of potential matches and that the company created said database by scraping over 3 billion images from user…
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Clearview AI leak names businesses using its facial recognition database

February 28, 2020
One of the most vehement arguments against Clearview AI’s practice of scraping billions of photos from millions of public websites to build its facial recognition database was that the company’s data storage and security protocols were both untested and unregulated. On Wednesday, Clearview AI claimed that its facial recognition database was hacked, giving intruders access the the…
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