Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
By The Byte Published on August 06, 2024 A Stanford University psychologist named Michal Kosinski claims that AI he’s built can detect your intelligence, sexual preferences, and political leanings with a great degree of accuracy just by scanning your face, Business Insider reports. Needless to say, Kosinski’s work raises many ethical questions. Is […]
Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.
By The New York Times Published on June 29, 2024 In January 2020, Robert Williams spent 30 hours in a Detroit jail because facial recognition technology suggested he was a criminal. The match was wrong, and Mr. Williams sued. On Friday, as part of a legal settlement over his wrongful arrest, Mr. Williams got a […]
Microsoft bans US police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
By TechCrunch Published on May 02, 2024 Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI tech. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service more clearly prohibits integrations with […]
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
By The New York Times Published on March 27, 2024 The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others. Within minutes of walking through an Israeli military checkpoint along Gaza’s central highway on Nov. 19, the Palestinian […]
Washington state judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video
By NBC News Published on April 2, 2024 Washington state judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence in possible first-of-its-kind ruling Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a triple homicide had sought to introduce cellphone video enhanced by machine-learning software. A Washington state judge overseeing a triple murder […]
State Department Report Warns of AI Apocalypse, Suggests Limiting Compute Power Allowed for Training
By FUTURISM Published on February 22, 2024 The US government must move “quickly and decisively” to save us from exctinction. A report commissioned by the US State Department is warning that rapidly evolving AI could pose a “catastrophic” risk to national security and even all of humanity. The document titled “An Action […]
House unveils new warrantless surveillance bill
By THE HILL Published on February 12, 2024 House Republicans unveiled a new package for reauthorizing and reforming the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, pushing forward text while prepping for a floor battle over controversial provisions. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to spy on noncitizens […]
Man Says Sunglass Hut Used Facial Recognition to Falsely Jail Him, Where He Got Sexually Assaulted
By The Byte Published on January 25, 2024 “The attack left him with permanent injuries that he has to live with every day of his life.” A 61-year-old man says he was savagely beaten and gang raped in jail after facial recognition led to his false arrest for a robbery in Houston, Texas, […]
This Tech Exec Quit His Job to Fight Generative AI’s Original Sin
By Wired Published on January 17, 2024 Ed Newton-Rex says generative AI has an ethics problem. He ought to know, because he used to be part of the fast-growing industry. Newton-Rex was TikTok’s head AI designer and then an executive at Stability AI until he quit in disgust in November over the company’s […]