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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Three pioneers of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio, win the $1M Turing Award for their work on neural networks — SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004, Geoffrey Hinton doubled down on his pursuit of a technological idea called a neural network. — It was a way for machines … | The Keyword: |
Google announces an Advanced Technology External Advisory Council to consider ethical issues around AI like facial recognition and fairness in machine learning — Last June we announced Google's AI Principles, an ethical charter to guide the responsible development and use of AI in our research and products.
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Source: Google CEO Sundar Pichai to meet with General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after Dunford criticized Google's AI work in China — - CEO Pichai set to meet General Dunford on Wednesday in DC — Military chief has criticized big tech for helping China| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google officially launches AMP for Email on Gmail and says support is coming for other major email providers like Yahoo Mail, Outlook, and mail.ru — Google today officially launched AMP for Email, its effort to turn emails from static documents into dynamic, web page-like experiences.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Apple News+ could accelerate the demise of news outlets by decimating their revenue and disrupting publishers' relationships with readers — At the mercy of a new algorithm — Apple doesn't care about news, it cares about recurring revenue. That's why publishers are crazy to jump into bed with Apple News+.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Google Podcasts is auto-transcribing podcast episodes and using those transcripts as metadata to help listeners search for shows — Google Podcasts is now automatically generating transcripts of episodes and is using them as metadata to help listeners search for shows, even if they don't know the title or when it was published.| Max Willens / Digiday: |
Profile of Peter Stern, who has led business operations for Apple's services division, which now includes Apple TV+ and Apple News+, for the past year — Peter Stern joined Apple at a moment when its relationships with entertainment companies and publishers were at a low point.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic: |
Airbnb says it's cracking down on hosts who record guests, but four guests who found cameras in their rentals say Airbnb is inconsistent in enforcing its rules — When Max Vest shook hands with the host of his Miami Airbnb back in January, the man introduced himself as Ralph—even though …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FTC launches a broad inquiry into privacy practices of ISPs, orders seven ISPs including AT&T and Verizon to provide nonpublic info about handling consumer data — The commission wants to know what data your ISP is collecting about you — The Federal Trade Commission today announced …
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| New York Times: |
A look at Robotics at Google, the company's latest robotics program, which brings machine learning to robots simpler than Boston Dynamics' machines — In 2013, the company started an ambitious, flashy effort to create robots. Now, its goals are more modest, but the technology is subtly more advanced.
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| Eric Niiler / Wired: |
A look at Estonia's efforts to deploy AI in government services, from farm inspections via satellite image analysis to robot judges for small claims disputes — GOVERNMENT USUALLY ISN'T the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind.
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| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Uber brings Ride Pass, its $14.99+/month service that locks in a flat fee for UberX and UberPool trips, to 20 more US cities, up from five at its October launch — Popular ride-sharing service Uber has expanded its Ride Pass into 20 more cities, the company has announced …
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| Reuters: |
Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech is seeking to sell Grindr, the popular gay dating app, after US government panel raises concerns about its ownership — (Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016 … | Caroline Haskins / Motherboard: |
ASUS confirms its software update tool has been targeted by Advanced Persistent Threat attacks, releases tool to identify “small number” of affected devices — A press release released by ASUS this morning confirms Motherboard's reporting. — Yesterday, Motherboard revealed …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
European Parliament approves the Copyright Directive, a controversial law that includes Article 11, dubbed the “link tax”, and Article 13, the “upload filter” — Article 11 and Article 13 both approved by European politicians — The European Union has given …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
US trade judge finds that Apple infringes a Qualcomm patent, says she will be recommending an import ban on some iPhones — - Qualcomm is seeking leverage in Apple patent-royalty fight — Two cases are before trade agency; Second decision due later — Apple Inc. infringes …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils Apple Card, a Mastercard credit card with 3% cashback on Apple purchases, 2% on Apple Pay transactions; rewards deposited daily to a user's Wallet — Today, Apple announced... a credit card. The Apple Card is designed for the iPhone and will work with the Wallet app.
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