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OpenAI releases Safety Gym for reinforcement learning

November 21, 2019
While much work in data science to date has focused on algorithmic scale and sophistication, safety — that is, safeguards against harm — is a domain no less worth pursuing. This is particularly true in applications like self-driving vehicles, where a machine learning system’s poor judgement might contribute to an accident. That’s why firms like Intel’s Mobileye and Nvidia have proposed…
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Google quintuples top reward for hacking Android to $1 million

November 21, 2019
Google, which has already paid security researchers over $15 million since launching its bug bounty program in 2010, today expanded its Android Security Rewards program. Most notably, the company is introducing a top prize of $1 million. The previous top prize was $200,000. That’s technically a quintupling, although the maximum reward could be even higher. Google is launching a 50% bonus for…
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Buttigieg and Yang say AI is essential to U.S. national security

November 21, 2019
Presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang called artificial intelligence essential to U.S. national security in the fifth Democratic debate on Wednesday. Buttigieg said the U.S. is spending a fraction of the attention and resources on AI research China is. “If we fall behind on artificial intelligence, the most expensive ships that the United States is building just turned into…
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Dynamic email in Gmail launches on Android and iOS

November 21, 2019
Following a preview last February, Google brought its AMP for Email project into general availability, allowing companies to imbue their emails with interactive and engaging web-like experiences. Gmail on the web natively supported the format at launch, but the Gmail app for…
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Oppo unveils ColorOS 7 and teases Reno3

November 21, 2019
As expected, Oppo unveiled its latest Android custom skin – ColorOS 7 today at an event held in Beijing. It brings a major design overhaul with new UI visuals, under-the-hood optimizations as well as enhancements to the Breeno voice assistant and camera…
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 gets One UI 2 beta (based on Android 10)

November 21, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 may be a year older than the Note10, but it is not far behind – just a couple of days after the new model got the second beta One UI 2, the first Note9 units are joining the program as well. Besides the revamped Samsung UI, this update also brings Android 10 with it. If you’re not already in, you’ll need to download the Samsung Members app and join the One UI beta…
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