Artificial Intelligence

EC wants to ban facial recognition in regulatory motion

The European Commission (EC) has finally commenced its strategy to curb Artificial Intelligence (AI) influence by voting on the ban of facial recognition in Europe’s law enforcement agencies until further regulations legislation. EU revealed through research that the adoption of facial recognition for law enforcement is resulting in more harm than good and that the […]

U.S. Government agencies implement AI-based facial recognition

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed on Thursday that at least 10 governmental agencies such as the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented facial recognition technology into its systems, disclosing a debatable use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In a previous report, GAO also publicized how federal agencies acquired useful […]

MIT removes famous AI dataset due to distasteful image branding

Earlier this week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) removed the 80 Million Tiny Images dataset used to train machine learning systems in distinguishing individuals under the pretense that it uses racist and misogynistic labels to identify people.  On Monday, the technology institute published a letter on its Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) website, […]

Why the telecom business needs scriptless testing with AI

Telecoms companies are under ever-increasing pressure to release quickly. One of the biggest obstacles, however, is testing. How does testing keep up with the demand for secure, bug-free software, especially with the proliferation of devices? Automated continuous testing has addressed some of the challenges, but also created new ones. Now, recent innovations in scriptless technology […]

Smart Eye Deputy CEO Rana el Kaliouby talks automotive AI

Rana el Kaliouby co-founded and led Boston startup Affectiva, which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze mood and emotion. Now she’s got a new job as deputy CEO of Smart Eye, after the Swedish eye-tracking company bought Affectiva for $73.5 million in June. The auto industry is the prime market for el Kaliouby […]

AI bot detects and shames Belgian MPs glued to phones

Belgian digital artist called Dries Depoorter launched earlier this month an AI bot called “The Flemish Scrollers” that automatically catches, and tags members of the Federal Parliament glued to their phones during parliamentary proceedings.   Using artificial intelligence and facial recognition, the software calculates how long the politician spends on their phone, all while broadcasting the session and results on YouTube.   Those figures are automatically […]

UK’s House of Lords questions experts over AI

The UK’s House of Lords announced in May a plan to divert its attention to technology’s modern role in policing methods and law enforcement, while acquiring guidance from legal experts to familiarize themselves with the topic. Academics and senior officers met with the House of Lords and demanded answers from the members of UK’s higher […]

History of artificial intelligence, the next singularity

One can argue that the history of artificial intelligence began with its conception within people’s minds, which is a hard thing to pinpoint.   The word robot originated with Czech writer Karel Čapek in his 1021 play, R.U.R., in which he depicts a factory producing artificial humans, dubbed Robota, which means work or slave – don’t tell that […]

Microsoft Mesh’s Augmented Reality

Microsoft soon releasing its most advanced futuristic technology for users to collaborate in augmented reality. One of the biggest names associated with communicative collaboration in our present time is Microsoft. This has been highlighted in the past year after the emerge of the COVID-19 pandemic and organizations transitioning into a more flexible remote work environment. […]