Trump’s freeze on new visas could threaten US dominance in AI
Even before president Trump’s executive order on June 22, the US was already bucking global tech immigration trends. Over the […]
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The two-year fight to stop Amazon from selling face recognition to the police
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Facebook just released a database of 100,000 deepfakes to teach AI how to spot them
Deepfakes have struck a nerve with the public and researchers alike. There is something uniquely disturbing about these AI-generated images
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It was a surge unlike any other, even for Amazon. In the first quarter of 2020, the e-commerce giant’s net
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Twitter wants you to read articles before you retweet them
The news: Twitter is testing a new feature on Android phones that prompts people to read articles before they share