Jamie Dimon on Tax-Hike Proposals: The Rich ‘Can Afford to Pay More’
By: Michelle Davis January 30, 2019 Billionaire CEO Jamie Dimon is OK with tax hikes on the rich, as long as the revenue goes where he thinks it’ll do the most good. “Individuals earning the most can afford to pay more, and I have no problem paying higher taxes to address some of the fundamental […]
Inside the UAE’s secret hacking team of American mercenaries
By: Christopher Bing + Joel Schectman Jaunuary30, 2019 Two weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency in 2014, Lori Stroud was in the Middle East working as a hacker for an Arab monarchy. She had joined Project Raven, a clandestine team that included more than a dozen […]
MIT researchers are training a robot arm to play Jenga
By: Brian Heater January 30, 2019 Turns out training a robotic arm to play Jenga is a surprisingly complex task. There are, so to speak, a lot of moving parts. Researchers at MIT are putting a modified ABB IRB 120 to work with the familiar tabletop game, utilizing a soft gripper, force-sensing wrist joint and […]
Microsoft taps London data science hub Pivigo to give UK businesses access to data on demand
By: Emily Nicolle January 30, 2019 Microsoft has today unveiled a partnership with London data science hub Pivigo, giving its customers access to a global network of data scientists on demand. Enabled alongside its Azure suite of machine-learning tools, Microsoft users will be able to tap into Pivigo’s 6,000-strong community of data scientists to help […]
A New Algorithm Trains AI to Erase its Biases
By: Dan Robitzski January 29, 2019 Sensitivity Training In recent years, artificial intelligence has struggled with a major PR problem: whether or not it’s intentional, developers keep programming biases into their systems, creating algorithms that reflect the same prejudiced perspectives common in society. That’s why it’s intriguing that engineers from MIT and Harvard University say […]
Taking the Measure of Tech in Policy — with Kamala Harris
By: a16z Podcast January 29, 2019 “Slow down, cowboys” — that’s what Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) said when prosecutors in her office wanted to bring a case against companies that let apps download someone’s entire address book, because surely that’s a complete violation of privacy?! The issue was a perfect example of the perfect storm […]
World Leaders at Davos Call for Global Rules on Tech
By: Keith Bradsher and Katrin Bennhold January 28, 2019 Several world leaders urged global technology regulation at last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that his country, which will chair this year’s Group of 20 nations, will move to advance an international data governance system as an expansion […]
Amazon puts delivery robots on streets – with a human in tow
By: Alex Hern January 24, 2019 Amazon’s drone delivery service may be missing in action but the company has not given up on its dream of robots delivering parcels. It is launching Amazon Scout, a service employing six squat six-wheeled delivery robots, across Snohomish County, Washington, just north of its Seattle HQ. “These devices were […]
‘AI’ to hit hardest in U.S. heartland and among less-skilled: study
By: Reuters January 24,2019 The Midwestern states hit hardest by job automation in recent decades, places that were pivotal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s election, will be under the most pressure again as advances in artificial intelligence reshape the workplace, according to a new study by Brookings Institution researchers. The spread of computer-driven technology into […]