An exposed dataset from the license plate surveillance company Flock, which is known to work with the US Border Patrol and ICE via local police, showed that some of the AI annotators paid to classify American license plates are located in the Philippines.
After 404 Media contacted Flock for comment, the dataset disappeared.
As a Special Advisor to President Donald Trump, the billionaire tech venture capitalist has accumulated massive power in setting AI public policy, so naturally, people are going to report on it. But after The New York Times published a blockbuster article detailing his web of personal conflicts, the erstwhile podcast bro posted a long tweet demanding that the Times “abandon” their reporting. Whatever that means.
We’re more than an hour and a half behind the scheduled start time for the hearing in New York. Mangione was allowed to wear street clothes today, which elicited wall-to-wall news coverage last month. He’s wearing a gray suit and light dress shirt.
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IBM was early, you might argue too early, to AI. Now, CEO Arvind Krishna thinks big bets like Watsonx and quantum computing will start to pay off.
The handheld is known for its crank, but did you know it also had a built-in microphone? Jon Simantov’s new Playdate app uses it for voice messaging, letting you send and receive free 2-minute recordings with friends over Wi-Fi, or up to 10 minutes if you pay $5 for the full version.
A team of believers want the Vatican to take AI doomsday scenarios seriously.
Hearings this week will focus on whether key evidence is admissible in the New York State case against Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. At each hearing, trucks have circled the courthouse with information about the case and stories of patients who have struggled to get healthcare claims approved.
Pinterest announced its endorsement of the federal version of a model that’s already passed in some states.
