Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, head of the Joint AI Center for the DOD, talks integrating AI into its weapons systems, building predictive maintenance tools, and more Techmeme · 1 month ago
San Francisco's surveillance law, which banned city agencies from using facial recognition in May, has been amended to allow for Face ID on city-issued iPhones Techmeme · 1 month ago
Q&A with Google's head of AI Jeff Dean on using ML for better chip design, ML energy use and climate change, and acting on Google's AI ethics principles Techmeme · 1 month ago
Researchers: deep learning, which led to great advances in AI over the past decade, is nearing its limits and new approaches are needed for further progress Techmeme · 1 month ago
China's AI unicorns like Megvii, which thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, are now facing challenges amid US sanctions and cheaper tech Techmeme · 1 month ago
How decentralized protocols may help solve some issues plaguing social media today; @bluesky team should consider existing projects like Mastodon Techmeme · 2 months ago
Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion's share of "innovation industry" US jobs from 2005 to 2017 Techmeme · 2 months ago
3D Printing Can Keep Aging Air Force Aircraft Flying – And the military wants you—to help it make spare parts for decades-old B-52 bombers and other planes. Reddit · 2 months ago
A look at the mixed legacy of Alphabet's organizational structure, which sometimes led to the duplication of efforts among Google and Alphabet's other companies Techmeme · 2 months ago
DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp Techmeme · 2 months ago
Data Brokers Are Cruising for a Bruising – We blame hackers for breaches, but shadowy brokers are often just as culpable, and they need to be held accountable. Reddit · 2 months ago
Jerome Pesenti, VP of AI at Facebook, on using AI for content moderation, limitations of deep learning and current AI, commercializing AI research, and more Techmeme · 2 months ago
Best 2019 Cyber Monday deals on smartphones, laptops and tablets, TVs, headphones and speakers, cameras and drones, wearables, and more Techmeme · 2 months ago
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Google reveals new details about Russia-linked "Sandworm" hacking group behind NotPetya, the attacks on Winter Olympics, French election, and more Techmeme · 2 months ago
To See the Future of Disinformation, You Build Robo-Trolls. AI-powered software is getting better and could soon be weaponized for online disinformation. Reddit · 2 months ago