Government’s Use of Algorithm Serves Up False Fraud Charges
https://undark.org/2020/06/01/michigan-unemployment-fraud-algorithm/
Using a flawed automated system, Michigan falsely charged thousands with unemployment fraud and took millions from them.
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Our weird behavior during the pandemic is messing with AI models - MIT Technology Review
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks —forcing humans to step in to set them straight
Innovative edge-finding AR eyepiece lets firefighters see through smoke
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/qwake-c-thru-ar-hud-firefighters/
This augmented reality feed presents them with a video stream taken from an on-board thermal camera. It then uses some smart artificial intelligence image recognition to show the outlines of objects and people in green; giving the firefighters the ability to see what they’re doing even in the smokiest of rooms.
Clearview AI: Face-collecting company database hacked - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51658111
The attack allowed hackers to gain access to its client list but it said its servers had not been breached.
Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have all demanded it stop using photos on their platforms.
But Clearview AI chief executive Hoan Ton-That told the CBS This Morning programme it was his First Amendment right to collect public photos.
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic - MIT News
http://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-identifies-new-antibiotic-0220
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus - WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-epidemiologist-wuhan-public-health-warnings/
BlueDot uses an AI-driven algorithm that scours foreign-language news reports, animal and plant disease networks, and official proclamations
52 things I learned in 2019 - Fluxx Studio Notes
https://medium.com/fluxx-studio-notes/52-things-i-learned-in-2019-8ee483e6c816
At least three private companies have fallen victim to ‘deep fake’ audio fraud. In each case, a computerised voice clone of the company CEO “called a senior financial officer to request an urgent money transfer.”
Some blind people can understand speech that is almost three times faster than the fastest speech sighted people can understand. They can use speech synthesisers set at at 800 words per minute (conversational speech is 120–150 wpm). Research suggests that a section of the brain that normally responds to light is re-mapped in blind people to process sound.
Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/business/algorithm-bias-fix.html
Humans are inscrutable in a way that algorithms are not
Changing algorithms is easier than changing people: software on computers can be updated; the “wetware” in our brains has so far proven much less pliable.
The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking - The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-hidden-costs-of-automated-thinking
Overreliance on artificial intelligence may put us in intellectual debt