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Meet Moxi, a robotic nurse assistant with heart eyes - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...dnt-expect-it-to-be-so-popular

ITGS robotic robots people and machines healthcare nurse jobs

shared by dr tech on 12 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 12 Jul 19
     
    "The robot was so popular that the Diligent team programmed superfluous activities for Moxi to do once an hour so that the robot would wander around the floor and flash heart eyes at people. "In between tasks Moxi would make a social lap to talk to her fans," Thomaz says."
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Scientists Are Translating Babies' Cries With Artificial Intelligence - 0 views

curiosity.com/...ificial-intelligence-curiosity

ITGS machine learning ai baby crying translation reliability people and machines

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  • dr tech on 12 Jul 19
     
    "Then came the algorithm, which used automatic speech recognition to detect specific features and patterns in each of the 48 recordings. It was clear from examining the waveforms of the cries that each category had a specific pattern."
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What If an Algorithm Could Predict Your Unborn Child's Intelligence? - 0 views

onezero.medium.com/ilds-intelligence-a546153707de

ITGS machine learning genome reliability ethics algorithm intelligence

shared by dr tech on 12 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 12 Jul 19
     
    "More controversially, however, Genomic Prediction is also offering IVF patients the option of screening embryos for projected cognitive ability."
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Could 'fake text' be the next global political threat? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...t-2-concerns-false-information

ITGS fake text integrity authenticity fake text deepfake

shared by dr tech on 05 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 Jul 19
     
    "he foresees fake text being used "for the production of [literal] 'fake news', or to potentially impersonate people who had produced a lot of text online, or simply to generate troll-grade propaganda for social n"
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Opinion | The Worm That Nearly Ate the Internet - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...conficker-worm-ukraine.html

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shared by dr tech on 04 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 04 Jul 19
     
    "While some experts still disagree, most now believe that Conficker was the work of Ukrainian cybercriminals building a platform for global theft who succeeded beyond all expectation, or desire. The last thing a thief wants is to draw attention to himself. Conficker's unprecedented growth drew the alarmed attention of cybersecurity experts worldwide. It became, simply, too hot to use."
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Police face calls to end use of facial recognition software | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...of-facial-recognition-software

ITGS control surveillance government and politics facial recognition false positive

shared by dr tech on 04 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 04 Jul 19
     
    "Police are facing calls to halt the use of facial recognition software to search for suspected criminals in public after independent analysis found matches were only correct in a fifth of cases and the system was likely to break human rights laws."
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Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists' phones | World news | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...rveillance-app-tourists-phones

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shared by dr tech on 03 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Jul 19
     
    "The Chinese government has curbed freedoms in the province for the local Muslim population, installing facial recognition cameras on streets and in mosques and reportedly forcing residents to download software that searches their phones."
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Deepfake Tech Turns Single Photo, Audio Into Bizarre Music Video [ Rasputin s... - 0 views

www.hypebot.com/...putin-sings-beyonc%C3%A9-.html

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shared by dr tech on 30 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 30 Jun 19
     
    "Research by Imperial College in London and Samsung's AI research center showed how a single photo and audio file can be used to generate a singing video portrait. "
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The Trump rule? World leaders that violate Twitter rules will get warning label | Techn... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...bels-tweets-violate-site-rules

ITGS twitter policies and standards social media censorship control politics and government

shared by dr tech on 28 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 28 Jun 19
     
    "The new policy is a major shift in Twitter's efforts to balance its ideological commitment to free expression with user demands for improved enforcement of rules against harassment, hate speech and other toxic behavior."
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The Guardian view on female voice assistants: not OK, Google | Editorial | Opinion | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...voice-assistants-not-ok-google

ITGS female integrity voice assistant equality of access control

shared by dr tech on 24 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 24 Jun 19
     
    "This detail may seem trivial, but it goes to the heart of the way in which the spread of digital technologies can amplify and extend social prejudice."
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Bringing big tech to heel: how do we take back control of the internet? | World news | ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...e-back-control-of-the-internet

ITGS facebook big tech control internet luddite people and machines

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  • dr tech on 23 Jun 19
     
    "From our vantage point, this arc from the stocking frames of the Luddites to the Factory Acts makes total sense: a transformative technological change, its adaptation unfettered by regulation, and then the demand for a collective response as the implications of those changes become clearer."
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A new AI tool from Adobe can detect Photoshopped faces / Boing Boing - 0 views

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ITGS adobe photoshop authenticity integrity fake intellectualproperty

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  • dr tech on 15 Jun 19
     
    ""But we live in a world where it's becoming harder to trust the digital information we consume, and I look forward to further exploring this area of research.""
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The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Applicat... - 0 views

citizenlab.ca/...alkerware-application-industry

ITGS spyware surveillance capitalism surveillance stalkerware control

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  • dr tech on 13 Jun 19
     
    "These capabilities can afford dramatic powers and control over an individual's everyday life. And when this software is used abusively, it can operate as a predator in a person's pocket, magnifying the pervasive surveillance of the spyware operator."
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Doctored video of sinister Mark Zuckerberg puts Facebook to the test | Technology | The... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-zuckerberg-instagram-facebook

ITGS privacy and anonymity deepfake facebook social media data surveillance capitalism

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  • dr tech on 12 Jun 19
     
    "The piece is meant to be a commentary on the collection and use of private data by tech companies, as Posters explained. "The fact that citizens' data - including intimate knowledge on political leanings, sexuality, psychological traits and personality - are made available to the highest bidder shows that the digital influence industry and its associated architectures pose a risk not only to individual human rights but to our democracies at large.""
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The Guardian view on facial recognition: a danger to democracy | Editorial | Opinion | ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ognition-a-danger-to-democracy

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shared by dr tech on 09 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 09 Jun 19
     
    "But it is not just governments who will be interested in the results. The software is freely available and cheap. It is being distributed all over the internet of things, from intercoms to "home assistants". Once our faces are attached to the detailed digital identities that are already compiled by the advertising industry, any sufficiently sophisticated shopping mall will have a map of the preferences of everyone who enters its maw."
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Facial recognition tech is arsenic in the water of democracy, says Liberty | Technology... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...es-police-use-should-be-banned

surveillance privacy and anonymity facial recognition democracy liberty ITGS

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  • dr tech on 08 Jun 19
     
    "She said: "I don't think it should ever be used. It is one of, if not the, greatest threats to individual freedom, partly because of the intimacy of the information it takes and hands to the state without your consent, and without even your knowledge, and partly because you don't know what is done with that information.""
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'Surveillance capitalism': critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project | Cities ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...oogle-project-privacy-concerns

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  • dr tech on 07 Jun 19
     
    ""As we have made clear, we believe that data collected in public space must be overseen and closely controlled by an independent and publicly accountable Data Trust, not Sidewalk Labs, Google, or any private company," said spokesperson Keerthana Rang."
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The New York Privacy Act goes even farther than California's privacy legislation / Boin... - 0 views

boingboing.net/...data-fiduciary.html

ITGS data privacy and anonymity policiesandstandards government and politics

shared by dr tech on 05 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 Jun 19
     
    "which binds over all tech companies to serve as "data fiduciaries," with a legal requirement to use your data in ways that benefit you -- and not ways that benefit themselves at your expense (lawyers, doctors and other professionals have similar fiduciary duties); specifically, companies must not use your data in ways that would be "unexpected and highly offensive to a reasonable consumer.""
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Quest Diagnostics Says Up to 12 Million Patients May Have Had Financial, Medical, Perso... - 0 views

www.nbcnewyork.com/...ple-Data-Breach-510754611.html

ITGS security hack personal data privacy and anonymity medical

shared by dr tech on 05 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 Jun 19
     
    "Quest Diagnostics, one of the biggest blood testing providers in the country, warned Monday that nearly 12 million of its customers may have had personal, financial and medical information breached due to an issue with one of its vendors."
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