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Stanford and NYU: Only 15% of AI federal agencies use is highly sophisticated

More than 40% of U.S. federal agencies and departments have experimented with AI tools, but only 15% currently use highly sophisticated AI, according to analysis by Stanford University computer scientists published today in “Government by Algorithm,” a joint report from Stanford and New York University. “This is concerning because agencies will find it harder to realize gains in accuracy and…
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Here’s everything new in Android 11 Developer Preview 1 [Gallery]

In starting with a preview — rather than beta, the first release of Android 11 is “for developers only​” and not focused on delivering user-facing changes. That said, we’ve flashed the DP1 factory images to chronicle all the new features. Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into Android 11 DP1’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at top of this list. Be…
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Android 11 DP1: Notifications add ‘dedicated conversations section’ for message apps

One of the things I’ve always loved about Android is notifications, and over the years Google has tweaked the system to make it better and, in many ways, more powerful. Now, with Android 11’s debut, Google is shaking things up a bit with a new section of notifications dedicated to conversations. The first Android 11 developer preview just dropped today and we’re still digging through it to…
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New security and privacy features of Android 11: one-time permissions, scoped storage, more

With each year’s upgrade to Android, folks are normally looking for exciting visual changes, and to an extent, Android 11 delivers, with the new Bubbles API and changes to conversation notifications. That said, a great deal more lies underneath the surface of Android 11, with Google putting significant focus on privacy and security. For the past few years, Google has been making permissions a…
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